Friedrich Matthias Claudius

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Friedrich Matthias Claudius (born June 1, 1822 in Lübeck , † January 10, 1869 in Kiel ) was a German anatomist .

Live and act

Claudius was one of the two sons of the Lübeck lawyer and later councilor Friedrich Matthias Jacobus Claudius . His grandfather was the poet Matthias Claudius .

Friedrich Claudius studied medicine and natural sciences at the universities in Jena, Göttingen and Kiel. He received his doctorate in 1844 in Göttingen as Dr. phil. In the years 1848 to 1850 he took part in the Schleswig-Holstein War (1848-1851) as a member of the army . In 1849 he was appointed curator at the Zoological Museum in Kiel, where he worked until 1852. In Kiel, where he was awarded a Dr. med. received his doctorate, he worked as a lecturer from 1854.

In 1859, after the death of Franz Ludwig Fick, he became professor at the University of Marburg , where he also took over the management of the Museum anatomicum .

Claudius specialized in microscopic anatomy and completed the collection of the Marburg Anatomy Museum with specimens on the morphology of the inner ear.

From 1862 his health deteriorated and in 1867 he was released from his duties as a result.

Designations

The Claudius cells ( Claudius supporting cells , in the organ of Corti ) and the Claudius pit (fossa ovarica) are named after Claudius ,

Fonts

  • Physiological remarks on the organ of hearing of the cetaceans and the labyrinth of the mammals. Kiel 1858.
  • The development of the heartless freak. Kiel 1859.
  • The hearing organ of Rhytina Stelleri. St. Petersburg 1867 ( digitized version )
  • The life of language. Marburg: Elwert'sche University Bookstore 1867 ( digitized version )

literature

personal data
SURNAME Claudius, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Claudius, Friedrich Matthias (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anatomist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1869
Place of death Kiel