Rudolf Carl Virchow | |
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Born | 13 October 1821 Schivelbein, Pomerania, Prussia |
Died | 5 September 1902 (aged 80) Berlin, German Empire |
Nationality | Prussian |
Fields | Medicine Anthropology |
Institutions | Charité University of Würzburg |
Alma mater | University of Berlin |
Doctoral advisor | Johannes Peter Müller |
Notable students | Franz Boas, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen |
Known for | Cellular pathology Biogenesis Virchow's triad |
Influenced | Eduard Hitzig |
Notable awards | Copley Medal (1892) |
Spouse | Ferdinande Rosalie Mayer (Rose Virchow) |
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In 1861, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1892, he was awarded the Copley Medal. Among his most famous students was anthropologist Franz Boas, who became a professor at Columbia University.
The Society for Medical Anthropology gives an annual award in Virchow's name, the Rudolf Virchow Award./.../
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