Friedrich Wilhelm Kopsch

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Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Kopsch

Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Kopsch (born March 24, 1868 in Saarbrücken , † January 24, 1955 in Berlin ) was a German anatomist .

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Kopsch studied medicine at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin from 1888 . He was a student of Hans Virchow and Heinrich Wilhelm Waldeyer . In 1892 he received his doctorate with the dissertation "Iris and corpus ciliare of the reptile eye" . From 1892 to 1895 he worked as an assistant at the then II. Anatomical Institute in Berlin. Then he moved to the first anatomical institute of the city to Waldeyer. He habilitated there in 1898 for anatomy and was a lecturer . After being appointed adjunct professor in 1908, Kopsch became senior assistant in 1910 and second prosector in 1919. In 1921 he was appointed associate professor and took the position of the first prosector. In 1925 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1935 Friedrich Kopsch was appointed full professor of histology , embryology and anatomy under the direction of Hermann Stieve . From 1897 Kopsch was editor of the international monthly for anatomy and physiology . The "Textbook and Atlas of Human Anatomy" founded by August Rauber (1841-1917) was continued by Kopsch as the sole author after his death.

Already retired , from 1945 to 1949 Kopsch again served as the institute's second director alongside Anton Johannes Waldeyer .

Friedrich Kopsch died in 1955 at the age of 86 years in Berlin. His grave is in the Dahlem forest cemetery .

Fonts (selection)

  • The thrombocytes (blood platelets) in human blood and their changes in blood clotting. 1901.
  • Type, place and time of the formation of the yolk sac tooblast in various bony fish species. 1902.
  • The representation of the internal network in spinal ganglion cells and other body cells using osmic acid. 1902.
  • Studies on gastrulation and embryo formation in the chordates. Georg Thieme Verlag, 1904.
  • with August Rauber : Textbook and Atlas of Human Anatomy. 4 volumes, Georg Thieme Verlag, 1907
  • The development of granulation tumors and adenomas, carcinoma, and sarcoma by the larva of the nematode Rhabditis pellio: A contribution to the conditions for the development of real tumors. Georg Thieme, 1919.
  • as publisher: Rauber's textbook on human anatomy. 6 volumes, 11th edition Leipzig 1920.
  • The nomina anatomica of 1895. Georg Thieme Verlag, 1941.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ member entry by Friedrich Kopsch at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on 30 November 2016th
  2. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 583.


personal data
SURNAME Kopsch, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kopsch, Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anatomist
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1955
Place of death Berlin