Adolph Eduard Grube

Adolph Eduard Grube (18 May 1812, in Königsberg – 23 June 1880, in Breslau) was a German zoologist.

[1] Grube was born in Königsberg (Królewiec) to lawyer Karl Eduard (1783–1833) and Ernestine Luise née Mertens (1788–1857) and went to the Collegium Fridericianum before entering university.

In 1844 he accepted a professor position at Universität Dorpat (then in Livonia, now Tartu) where he influenced a number of students including Konstanty Górski and Benedykt Tadeusz Dybowski.

[3][4] During the January Uprising, Grube's son who worked in the Prussian army was put on trial for assisting people join insurgent forces.

Ferdinand von Roemer married Grube's sister-in-law Katarzyna Schäfer.