Eduard d'Alton (1772 - 1840) - photo 1

Eduard d'Alton

Joseph Wilhelm Eduard d'Alton was a German engraver, naturalist and educator.

He had an initial military education and later studied art and natural history while traveling in Italy and France. Eduard d'Alton is widely known for his anatomical and zoological engravings and etchings. In 1818, d'Alton was appointed professor of natural history at the University of Bonn, where he later began to teach art history as well. Among his students was Karl Marx.

D'Alton's son Johann Samuel Eduard d'Alton (1803-1854), professor of anatomy, continued his father's unfinished Osteologie (Bonn, 1827-1838) and published the first volume of the Handbook of Comparative Human Anatomy.

Date and place of birt:11 august 1772, Aquileia, Italy
Date and place of death:11 may 1840, Bonn, Germany
Period of activity: XVIII, XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Educator, Engraver, Naturalist