Carl Gustav Carus

Carl Gustav Carus was a German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, who played various roles during the Romantic era. A friend of the writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe, he was a many-sided man: a doctor, a naturalist, a scientist, a psychologist, and a landscape painter who studied under Caspar David Friedrich.

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Who was born first?

• Carl Gustav Carus and Peter Joseph Lenné were born the same year
• Carl Gustav Carus was born 1 year after Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
• Carl Gustav Carus was born 1 year after Étienne Cabet
• Carl Gustav Carus was born 1 year after Arthur Schopenhauer
• Carl Gustav Carus was born 1 year before Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom

Timeline

1. Arthur SchopenhauerFebruary 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860
2. Étienne CabetJanuary 1, 1788 – November 9, 1856
3. Sir William Hamilton, 9th BaronetMarch 8, 1788 – May 6, 1856
4. Carl Gustav Carus (this page)January 3, 1789 – July 28, 1869
5. Peter Joseph LennéSeptember 29, 1789 – January 23, 1866
6. Per Daniel Amadeus AtterbomJanuary 19, 1790 – July 21, 1855

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