Richard Altmann
Richard Altmann (born March 12, 1852 in German Eylau ( Iława , Rosenberg district, today in Poland), † December 7, 1900 in Hubertusburg ) was a German pathologist and histologist .
Altmann studied medicine in Greifswald , Königsberg , Marburg and Gießen . He received his doctorate in 1877. Altmann became assistant and prosector at the University of Leipzig , where he completed his habilitation in 1882 and in 1887 became an associate professor of anatomy and histology . Since 1893 he was a full member of the Royal Saxon Society of Sciences in Leipzig .
Richard Altmann discovered the mitochondria in 1886 and coined the term nucleic acid in 1889 .
Works
- About embryonic growth. Meeting area natural Ges. Leipzig, April 6, 1881.
- Studies on the cell. Volume I. Leipzig 1886.
- About nucleic acids. In: Archives for Anatomy and Physiology. Physiological department. Leipzig 1889, pp. 524-536.
- On the history of cell theories. A presentation. Leipzig 1889.
- The elementary organisms and their relationship to the cells. Leipzig 1890. ( digitized and full text in the German text archive )
- On the theory of image generation. Leipzig 1880.
Web links
- Overview of Richard Altmann's courses at the University of Leipzig (summer semester 1883 to summer semester 1894)
- Richard Altmann in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
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| SURNAME | Altmann, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pathologist and histologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | German Eylau ( Iława , Rosenberg District) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th December 1900 |
| Place of death | Hubertusburg |