Karl Friedrich Burdach
1776–1847
German physiologist. Practised medicine, 1799–1811. Professor of anatomy, physiology, and forensic medicine, University of Dorpat, 1811–13; professor of anatomy, Königsberg, 1813. Director of the Königliche Anatomische Anstalt, Königsberg, 1817. Influenced by Naturphilosophie. Made significant contributions to embryology and neuroanatomy.
Sources
ADB
DSB.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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