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K. Renar was born in Mainz; he was a nephew of
G.I. Fisher. Educated in Hessian and Heidelberg Universities, won
doctor of medicine degree in 1832. After suggestion of G.I. Fisher,
moved to Russia in 1834 where worked first as practicising physician
and then as museum curator at the Medical-Surgeon Academy under
supervision of K. Roullier. The latter, when moved to Moscow University
to become the head of the Natural History Department and Museum,
took Renar with himself and made him assistant at the Museum. After
death of K. Roullier in 1858 Renar took his position of director
of the Museum, but not of head of Natural History Department because
he had not title of professor. Due to this, he was unable to prevent
moving the Museum collection to a newly established Popular Museum
in Moscow in 1860. Had to resign from the University Museum in 1862.
K. Renar was very active officer at the Moscow
Society of Naturalists, became its Vice-President in 1872. He was
responsible for all correspondence of the Society, for exchanges
of books and collections, edited the Bulletin, etc. The above Society
was sometimes called a "Renar Society" because of that.
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