Friedrich Tiedemann
German zoologist (1781–1861) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Friedrich Tiedemann FRS HFRSE (23 August 1781 – 22 January 1861) was a German anatomist and physiologist. He was an expert on the anatomy of the brain.
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Born | (1781-08-23)23 August 1781 |
Died | 22 January 1861(1861-01-22) (aged 79) |
Relatives | Gustav Tiedemann (son) Heinrich Tiedemann (son) |
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Fields | Anatomy |
Doctoral advisor | Johann Wilhelm Christian Brühl[1] |
Other academic advisors | Conrad Moench Georg Wilhelm Stein [de] Adalbert Friedrich Marcus [de] Carl Caspar von Siebold Franz Kaspar Hesselbach Georges Cuvier |
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Tiedemann spent most of his life as professor of anatomy and physiology at Heidelberg University, a position to which he was appointed in 1816, after having filled the chair of anatomy and zoology for ten years at Landshut, and died at Munich.[2] He was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1827. In 1836, he was elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[3]