Carl Vogt
German-Swiss scientist and politician
- Lived
- 1817–1895
- Country
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
Updated September 2026
About Carl Vogt
August Christoph Carl Vogt was a German scientist, philosopher, popularizer of science, and politician who emigrated to Switzerland. Vogt published a number of notable works on zoology, geology and physiology. All his life he was engaged in politics, in the German Frankfurt Parliament of 1848–49 and later in Switzerland.
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