Gustav Albert Schwalbe ( German: Gustav Albert Schwalbe ; August 1, 1844 , Quedlinburg - April 23, 1916 , Strasbourg ) - German anatomist, anthropologist and teacher; doctor of medicine .
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Biography
He spent his childhood in his hometown. He studied at the University of Friedrich Wilhelm , at the University of Zurich and Bonn [5] .
In 1866 he received a doctorate in medicine , from 1870 he was a privat-docent at the University of Halle . Since 1871, he was privat-docent and prosector at the University of Freiburg , since 1872 - professor of histology at the University of Leipzig ; from 1873 he was a professor of anatomy at the University of Jena , in 1881 he transferred to the same position at the University of Koenigsberg , from 1883 he taught at the University of Strasbourg and in 1893-1894 was its rector.
Initially, he studied histology and anatomy of the senses, bones, circulatory and nervous systems of animals and humans: in particular, in 1869 he introduced Prussian blue into the subarachnoid space of a dog in order to prove that cerebrospinal fluid is absorbed mainly by the lymphatic system.
Since 1886, Schwalbe focused primarily on anthropology . The first began to apply cranioscopic and craniometric methods in the study of fossil remains of ancient people. In addition, he was the first to make descriptions of the Neanderthals and the Pithecanthropus later recognized as classical, declaring the Neanderthals a special kind of fossil man. He was the author of a treatise on the recently discovered (at that time) Javanese man who received great scientific attention. Since 1899, he directed the publication of the scientific journal Zeitschrift fΓΌr Morphologie und Anthropologie.
Main works: Die Abstammung des Menschen und die Γ€ltesten Menschenformen; Bonner JahrbΓΌcher (1901). Many anatomical structures are named after him.
Bibliography
- Theodor Mollison: Gustav Albert Schwalbe , in: Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder, 1. Band Lebensbilder des 19. Jahrhunderts, Magdeburg 1926, S. 397-411
Notes
- β 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 117342238 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012β2016.
- β 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- β 1 2 Who Named It?
- β 1 2 Schwalbe Gustav // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ed. A. M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969.
- β Adelung N.N. Schwalbe, Gustav // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Schwalbe Gustav - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- Article in Nordisk familjebok (Swedish)