Anders Retzius
Anders Adolph Retzius (13 October 1796 – 18 April 1860), was a Swedish professor of anatomy and a supervisor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Biography
Retzius was born in
During the next decades he made many anatomical discoveries, for instance about the finer parts of the teeth, of the skull, of the muscles and of the nervous system. He was also an
Retzius was a
The
Retzius was active in the
In 1826, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography previously awarded the Anders Retzius Medal in Gold to world-leading scholars in human geography and anthropology. In 2015, the Society decided that it was inappropriate to award a medal in Retzius's name considering his contributions to phrenology.[7]
He was the father of Gustaf Retzius.[2]
Retzius died in Stockholm in 1860.
See also
References
- Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon(in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon(in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ "Anders Adolf Retzius | Swedish anatomist and anthropologist | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ Peter Rowley-Conwy, From Genesis to Prehistory: The Archaeological Three Age System and its Contested Reception in Denmark, Britain, and Ireland, 2007, p. 120
- ISBN 978-1-108-33671-0.
- ^ "Svenska nykterhetssällskapet". Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). pp. 1025ff. – via Project Runeberg.
- ^ af Kleen, Björn (7 March 2015). "Stopp för medalj till rasforskarens minne". Dagens Nyheter. Stockholm.
This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.