Friedrich Tiedemann

Friedrich Tiedemann
Tiedemann in 1820
Born(1781-08-23)23 August 1781
Cassel, Hesse-Kassel
(now Kassel, Hesse, Germany)
Died22 January 1861(1861-01-22) (aged 79)
RelativesGustav Tiedemann (son)
Heinrich Tiedemann (son)
Scientific career
FieldsAnatomy
Doctoral advisorJohann Wilhelm Christian Brühl[1]
Other academic advisorsConrad Moench
Georg Wilhelm Stein [de]
Adalbert Friedrich Marcus [de]
Carl Caspar von Siebold
Franz Kaspar Hesselbach
Georges Cuvier
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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.

Tiedemann spent most of his career 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.[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]

  1. ^ Neurotree profile Friedrich Tiedemann
  2. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)