CARL THEODOK ERNST VON SIEBOLD. 549 



We must also mention the gathering of Siebold's large collection of 

 helminths which is now in the Museum at Moscow, and his gradual 

 extension and perfection of the zoological collections at Munich, of 

 which he had charge for some thirty years. 



Von Siebold was educated as a physician, and began practice as a 

 " Kreisphysicus " at Heilsperg, Prussia, and subsequently continued 

 it as director of a lying-in hospital at Danzig. In 1840 he was called 

 to Erlangen as full Professor of Zoology, Comparative Anatomy, and 

 Veterinary Medicine; in 1845 he changed to the University at Frei- 

 burg; in 1850, to Breslau ; in 1853, to Munich, where he remained 

 until his death, continuing his active teaching until 1 883. He married 

 Fanny Noldechen in 1830, and a year after her death married, in 

 1855, her sister. It is noteworthy that his academical career did not 

 begin until he was thirty-six. 



He was a large man, whose hair early turned gray, and whose 

 short-sighted eyes were shadowed by heavy eyebrows. He was genial 

 with his students and much liked by them, though less excellent in the 

 lecture-room than in personal intercourse. He was devoted to music, 

 which was his constant solace and of which he possessed much 

 knowledge. 



Siebold is most widely known as the founder of the " Zeitschrift 

 fiir wissenschaftliche Zoologie," which was inaugurated in 1849, and 

 has now passed its fortieth volume. Probably no other periodical 

 has exercised as great an influence as this Zeitschrift in furthering 

 the highest interests of that science to which Von Siebold devoted the 

 best powers of his long and honored life. 



Since the last Report, the Academy has received an acces- 

 sion of ten new members ; viz. three Resident Fellows, four 

 Associate Fellows, and three Foreign Honorary Members. 

 The list of the Academy, corrected to the date of this Report, 

 is hereto added. It includes 192 Resident Fellows, 88 Asso- 

 ciate Fellows, and 72 Foreign Honorary Members. 



