Hermann Welcker
1822–97
Anatomist and anthropologist. Studied natural sciences and medicine in Heidelberg and Giessen; MD, Giessen, 1851. After practising at the clinic in Giessen, became a privat-dozent in anatomy at Heidelberg, 1853, then demonstrator at Giessen. Professor extraordinarius of anatomy, Halle, 1859; professor and director of the anatomical institute, 1866–93.
Sources
ADB
Leopoldina 33 (1897): 121
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
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