Wilhelm Kattwinkel
William Kattwinkel (27 March 1866, in
Life
The son of the merchant William Kattwinkel (died 1877) and Henriette Kattwinkel, born Bancklotz (1833–1898) studied science in Bonn and Strasbourg, from 1894, medicine in Bonn, Königsberg and Erlangen.[1] He received his Ph.D. in 1892 and obtained an MD in 1894 in Munich. In 1895 he married in Schwelm Martha (born 1872), daughter of the factory owner Julius Schmidt.
After his military service Kattwinkel was a volunteer assistant to
From 1910-1911 Kattwinkel, with his wife, undertook a privately funded research trip to
Kattwinkel launched and ran a military hospital until 1918. In the 1920s, he took up work as a doctor at "Wiggers Sanatorium" in Partenkirchen.[
Trivia
Louis Leakey, who was especially known for his discoveries in the Olduvai Gorge, falsely labeled William Kattwinkel as a "butterfly collector" who accidentally unearthed the fossils deposit.[4] His misrepresentation was taken up in subsequent literature.
Works
- WK (1907): A case of primary systemic degeneration of the pyramidal tracts. (Spastic Paraplegia). German Journal of Neurology 33: 1-13.[5]
- WK & L. Neumayer (1907): Über den Verlauf der sog. Helwegschen Dreikantenbahn oder Bechterews Olivenbündel (Fasciculus parolivaris).[6]
- WK & L. Neumayer (1907). Over the course of the so-called Three Helwegschen edge path or Bechterew olive bundle (fasciculus parolivaris). Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde 33: 229–237 & Tafel V.[7]
- WK & L. Neumayer (1910): Über Ursprung und Verlauf des Türckschen Bündels. German Journal of Neurology 33: 229-237 & Plate V.[8]
- WK & L. Neumayer (1910): About the origin and course of Turck's bundle. German Journal of Neurology 39: 183-192 & plates III-IV.[9]
References
- ^ Glowatzki G: Kattwinkel. In: New German Biography Oxford University Press, Berlin 1977. Seiten 331–332.
- ISBN 978-0253342140
- ^ 819/1/vvz_lmu_1934-35_wise.pdf course catalog of the University of Munich 1934/35
- ^ Glowatzki G (1979).: Wilhelm Kattwinkel, the discoverer of the Olduvai Gorge in. Homo - Journal of the comparative research of people, Volume 30, pp. 124-125