Vladimir Betz

Vladimir Betz
Born26 April 1834
Died12 October 1894
Kyiv, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire[1]
NationalityUkrainian
CitizenshipRussian Empire
Alma materSaint Vladimir University of Kyiv
Known fordiscovery of Betz cells
Awardsmedals for brain tissue samples at All-Russian Manufacturing Exhibition (1870), Vienna World Exposition (1873)
Scientific career
FieldsAnatomy

Vladimir Alexeyevich Betz, also Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Betz (Russian: Владимир Алексеевич Бец, Ukrainian: Володи́мир Олексійович Бец; 26 April [O.S. 14 April] 1834 – 12 October [O.S. 30 September] 1894)[2] was a Russian and Ukrainian anatomist and histologist, served as a professor at the Saint Vladimir University of Kyiv.

  1. ^ Jessie Dobson: Anatomical Eponyms. Being a Biographical Dictionary of those Anatomists whose Names have become Incorporated into Anatomical Nomenclature, with Definitions of the Structures to which their Names have been Attached and References to the Works in which they are Described. E. & S. Edinburgh/London: Livingstone, 1962, p. 24.
  2. ^ Kushchayev, Sergiy V.; Moskalenko, Vitaliy F.; Wiener, Philip C.; Tsymbaliuk, Vitaliy I.; Cherkasov, Viktor G.; Dzyavulska, Irina V.; Kovalchuk, Oleksander I.; Sonntag, Volker K. H.; Spetzler, Robert F.; Preul, Mark C. (January 2012). "The Discovery of the Pyramidal Neurons: Volodymyr Betz and a New Era of Neuroscience". Journal of Neurosurgery. 113 (2). American Association of Neurologic Surgeons. doi:10.1093/brain/awr276. PMID 22075067.