Dohrn
ANTON (dōrn), a German zoölogist; born in Stettin, Dec. 29, 1849; studied at Königsberg, Bonn, Jena, and Berlin, lectured for a time on zoölogy at Jena, and in 1870 founded the great zoölogical station at Naples.
As an embryologist he devoted himself mainly to the development of insects and crustaceans; and besides reports, published works on the origin of the vertebrates. He died Sept. 29, 1909.