Ernst Axel Henrik (Axel) Key
1832–1901
Swedish anatomist and physiologist. Studied at Lund, Bonn, and Berlin. MD, Lund, 1862. Professor of pathological anatomy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1862; rector, 1886–97. Represented Stockholm in the Swedish parliament, 1882–7. Collaborated with Gustaf Retzius on an important study of the anatomy of the nervous system, 1875–6.
Sources
BLHA
SBL
Bibliography
BLHA: Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte der letzten fünfzig Jahre: zugleich Fortsetzung des Biographisches Lexikons der hervorragenden Ärzte aller Zeiten und Völker. Edited by August Hirsch et al. Berlin and Vienna: Urban & Schwarzenberg. 1932–3.
SBL: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Edited by Bertil Boëthius et al. 33 vols. and 4 fascicles of vol. 34 (A–Swenson) to date. Stockholm: Albert Bonnier and P. A. Norstedt. 1918–.