Carl Toldt

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Carl Toldt before 1897
The professors at the Medical University of Vienna, chalk drawing by Olga Prager, Vienna 1908–1910. In the Dean's Office of the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna. Edmund von Neusser , Siegmund Exner-Ewarten , Isidor Schnabel , Ferdinand Hochstetter , Alfons Edler von Rosthorn , Anton Weichselbaum , Leopold Schrötter von Kristelli , Heinrich Obersteiner , Julius Wagner-Jauregg , Viktor von Ebner-Rofenstein , Carl Toldt, Gustav Riehl , Ottokar von Chiari , Anton von Frisch , Ernst Fuchs, Anton Freiherr von Eiselberg , Hans Horst Meyer , Ernst Ludwig , Rudolf Chrobak , Theodor Escherich , Alexander Kolisko , Julius von Hochenegg , Arthur Schattenfroh , Carl von Noorden , Emil Zuckerkandl , Richard Paltauf , Gustav Gärtner , Leopold Oser , Josef Moeller , Alois Monti , Julius Mauthner , Viktor Urbantschitsch , August Leopold von Reuss , Adolf von Strümpell , Ernest Finger , Adolf Lorenz , Friedrich Schauta
Portrait in the Anatomical Institute Vienna

Carl Toldt (also Karl Toldt [ sen. ], Born May 3, 1840 in Bruneck / South Tyrol , † November 13, 1920 in Vienna ) was an Austrian professor of anatomy .

Life

In 1864 Carl Toldt finished his medical studies at the University of Vienna . After his habilitation, he was appointed professor of anatomy there. In 1876 he moved briefly to Prague , but returned to Vienna in the same year. In 1897 he was appointed rector of the University of Vienna. He researched the chronological sequence of the appearance of the bone nuclei and proved that actual chin formation can only be found in humans ( Toldt's law ). After the Badeni riots , Toldt was considered a leading figure for ethnic students and tried to defend the anti-Semitic agitation of the movement. In addition, he represented the idea that the University of Vienna was the home of other "nations" of Austria-Hungary , which, however, had to be under the "German cultural primacy". After his retirement he continued to work in his field. In 1905 he was appointed a member of the manor .

His second son was the zoologist Karl Toldt [jun.] .

student

From 1898 until his doctorate in 1902, later head of the Anatomical Institute of the University of Innsbruck Felix Sieglbauer (1877–1974).

Honors

In 1887 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . Shortly before his death, on July 15, 1920, he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

In 1932 the Karl-Toldt-Weg in Vienna- Penzing (14th district) was named after him.

Writings and works

  • Textbook of tissue theory with preferential consideration of the human body (1st edition 1877).
  • with Ferdinand Hochstetter , Heinrich Hayek : Anatomical Atlas for Students and Doctors (6 volumes).
  • History of the Toldt family. In: Schlern-Schriften Volume 45, 1940.

literature

  • Reinhard Hildebrand: Rudolf Albert Koelliker and his scientific contacts abroad. In: Würzburger medical historical reports 2, 1984, pp. 101–115; here: p. 111.
  • Karl Toldt (1840–1920) . In: Nature , Vol. 145 (April 27, 1940), pp. 654-663 ( Abstract , nature.com, engl.).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The faculty of the medical faculty of the University of Vienna, Vienna 1908-1910 . Photo credits: Collections of the Medical University of Vienna - Josephinum, picture archive; Associated personal identification .
  2. ↑ Article  in:  Wiener Bilder , November 14, 1897, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrb
  3. ^ Street names in Vienna since 1860 as “Political Places of Remembrance” (PDF; 4.4 MB), p. 313, final research project report, Vienna, July 2013.
  4. ^ Member entry by Karl Toldt at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 30, 2015.
  5. ^ Members of the previous academies. Carl Toldt. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on June 23, 2015 .
  6. ^ Karl-Toldt-Weg in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna .
personal data
SURNAME Toldt, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian anatomist
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruneck , South Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1920
Place of death Vienna , Austria