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in Vendsyssel. His early education was under private tutors and he studied Latin before joining the Copenhagen Borgerdydskole in 1837. He then went to the Metropolitan school, leaving it in 1843 following the death of his father and subsequent pecuniary problems. He had attended lectures by Schouw,
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where his father Otto Josias worked as a gardener at the university botanical garden. His mother Dorothea Juliane née Sjobeck came from a Swedish family while his father was of a Danish lineage with most of his ancestors being priests. Their grandfather Andreas Lowson Mørch was parish priest at
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in 1844 at the Copenhagen museum. Beck found Mörch so much more knowledgeable and capable that he felt threatened. In 1847, Mörch was offered a position at the University Museum by professor
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whose lectures he attended as well. He did not have to join military service due to short sight. He worked on the fossil mollusc collections under
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Eschricht and Forchhammer and his father had helped buy books on natural science. He also began to collect specimens and became an amanuensis to
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Mörch O. A. L. (1864). "Fortegnelse over de i Danmark forekommende land- og ferskvandsblöddyr".
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put him in charge of examining the Faxekalken molluscs. In 1853, he visited
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Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn
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Bibliography and taxa described by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch include:
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Konchyliologen Otto Andreas Lowson Mørch : en biografisk skizze
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Mörch O. A. L. (1863). "Revision des especes du genre
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Mörch, 1864, also known as the "true glass snails".
236:(in Danish). Copenhagen: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri. 33:) (17 May, 1828 – 25 January, 1878) was a Danish 321: 304: 229: 251:Works by or about Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch 311: 297: 193: 18: 322: 263: 13: 14: 356: 244: 106: 267: 44: 223: 37:who was known for his work in 1: 216: 283:. You can help Knowledge by 29:(his last name also spelled 16:Danish zoologist (1828–1878) 7: 73:Johannes Frederik Johnstrup 10: 361: 262: 132:Journal de Conchyliologie 27:Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch 212:Dall & Bartsch, 1907 91:and in 1856, he visited 103:from a lung infection. 69:Johan Georg Forchhammer 230:Johans Collin (1878). 194:Taxa named after Mörch 23: 275:This article about a 61:Henrik Henriksen Beck 22: 340:Danish malacologists 201:Glossodoris moerchi 180:Valvata macrostoma 174:(17-22): 265–367. 65:Japetus Steenstrup 49:Mörch was born in 24: 292: 291: 209:Turbonilla mörchi 147:Oxynoe antillarum 352: 313: 306: 299: 271: 264: 255:Internet Archive 238: 237: 227: 165: 121: 360: 359: 355: 354: 353: 351: 350: 349: 345:Biologist stubs 320: 319: 318: 317: 260: 247: 242: 241: 228: 224: 219: 196: 163: 126:Rafinesque, et 119: 109: 47: 17: 12: 11: 5: 358: 348: 347: 342: 337: 332: 316: 315: 308: 301: 293: 290: 289: 272: 258: 257: 246: 245:External links 243: 240: 239: 221: 220: 218: 215: 214: 213: 205: 195: 192: 191: 190: 184: 156: 155: 150:Mörch, 1863 - 108: 107:Taxa described 105: 46: 43: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 357: 346: 343: 341: 338: 336: 333: 331: 328: 327: 325: 314: 309: 307: 302: 300: 295: 294: 288: 286: 282: 278: 273: 270: 266: 265: 261: 256: 252: 249: 248: 235: 234: 226: 222: 211: 210: 206: 204:(Bergh, 1879) 203: 202: 198: 197: 188: 185: 182: 181: 177: 176: 175: 173: 169: 161: 160: 153: 149: 148: 144: 143: 142: 140: 136: 133: 129: 125: 117: 116: 112: 104: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 71:and in 1887, 70: 66: 62: 57: 52: 45:Life and work 42: 40: 36: 32: 28: 21: 285:expanding it 274: 259: 232: 225: 207: 199: 178: 171: 167: 162: 158: 157: 145: 134: 131: 127: 123: 118: 114: 113: 110: 56:Dronninglund 48: 30: 26: 25: 335:1878 deaths 330:1828 births 183:Mörch, 1864 164:(in Danish) 120:(in French) 89:Netherlands 324:Categories 217:References 152:on page 46 79:, in 1854 39:malacology 277:biologist 187:Zonitidae 35:zoologist 130:Krohn". 253:at the 128:Lobiger 81:England 77:Germany 124:Oxynoe 97:London 95:, and 85:France 279:is a 141:-48. 31:Mørch 281:stub 172:1863 159:1864 115:1863 101:Nice 93:Oslo 51:Lund 170:(2) 326:: 139:43 137:: 135:11 87:, 83:, 312:e 305:t 298:v 287:. 154:.

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zoologist
malacology
Lund
Dronninglund
Henrik Henriksen Beck
Japetus Steenstrup
Johan Georg Forchhammer
Johannes Frederik Johnstrup
Germany
England
France
Netherlands
Oslo
London
Nice
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Oxynoe antillarum
on page 46
Valvata macrostoma
Zonitidae
Glossodoris moerchi
Turbonilla mörchi
Konchyliologen Otto Andreas Lowson Mørch : en biografisk skizze
Works by or about Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch
Internet Archive
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biologist
stub
expanding it

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