Friedrich Tiedemann
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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Tiedemann in 1820 | |
| Born | 23 August 1781 |
| Died | 22 January 1861 (aged 79) Munich |
| Relatives | Gustav Tiedemann (son) Heinrich Tiedemann (son) |
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| Fields | Anatomy |
| Doctoral advisor | Johann Wilhelm Christian Brühl |
| Other academic advisors | Conrad Moench Georg Wilhelm Stein Adalbert Friedrich Marcus 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. 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.
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