| Eugen Korschelt | |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1858 |
| Birth Place: | Zittau, Saxony, Germany |
| Death Place: | Marburg, Hesse, Germany |
| Occupation: | Zoologist |
| Fields: | Comparative embryology |
Eugen Korschelt (28 September 1858, in Zittau - 28 December 1946, in Marburg) was a German zoologist. He is known for his research in the field of comparative embryology and his work involving biological regeneration and transplantation.
He served as a lecturer at the Universities of Freiburg and Berlin. becoming a professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Marburg in 1892.[1] At Marburg, he succeeded Richard Greeff as director of the zoological institute, and twice served as university rector (1904/05, 1914/15). In 1912/13 he was president of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (German Zoological Society).[2]
Organisms with the specific epithet of korschelti are named after him, an example being the ribbon worm species Amphiporus korschelti.[3]
With Austrian zoologist Karl Heider, he co-wrote an important textbook on comparative embryology called Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwicklungsgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. It was later translated into English and published as "Text-book of the embryology of invertebrates" (several volumes). In 1907 he published Regeneration und Transplantation, a work that was also translated into English; "Regeneration and transplantation".[4] With physiologist Max Verworn, chemist Karl Schaum and others, he was editor of the 10-volume Handwörterbuch der Naturwissenschaften (1912-1915).[5]