Clopton Havers
Clopton Havers (* 1657 in Stambourne / Braintree , Essex ; † April 29, 1702 in Willingale / Epping Forest , Essex) was an English doctor and anatomist .
Life
Havers studied medicine in Cambridge and Utrecht , where he received his doctorate in 1685 with De respiratione (The Breathing). He was a member of the Royal Society . Clopton Havers became famous for his pioneering work in the field of bone microstructures . He was the first author to describe in more detail the Havers canals that are named after him and were observed by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in 1686, and the so-called Sharpey fibers in 1692. The Havers glands , Havers lamellae and Havers pillars are named after Havers .
In 1699 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .
Fonts
- Osteologia nova, or some new observations of the bones, and the parts belonging to them, with the manner of their Accretion and Nutrition. London 1691.
- A short Discourse concerning Concoction. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 21/1699, p. 233.
literature
- Jessie Dobson: Pioneers of Osteogeny: Clopton Havers. In: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 34B / 1952, pp. 702-707 online
- Clopton Havers 1657-1702. In: Who's Who in Orthopedics. Springer, London 2005, ISBN 1-85233-786-9 , pp. 130-134. doi: 10.1007 / 1-84628-070-2_101
- Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Havers, Clopton. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 539.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Havers, Clopton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English doctor and anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1657 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stambourne , Essex |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1702 |
| Place of death | Willingale, Essex |