Hermann Schaaffhausen
1816–93
German physiologist, anatomist, and anthropologist. Studied at Bonn, 1834–7; Berlin, 1837–9. Habilitated at Bonn, 1844; professor from 1855. Published prolifically especially on anthropology; some of his works were translated into English for the Anthropological Review. A supporter of Darwinian theory.
Sources
DBE
Tort 1996.
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
Tort, Patrick. 1996. Dictionnaire du Darwinisme et de l’evolution. 3 vols. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
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