Franz von Leydig
1821–1908
German zoologist. Lecturer in physiology, University of Würzburg, 1849–55; professor extraordinarius, 1855–7. Professor of zoology, Tübingen, 1857–75; of comparative anatomy, Bonn, 1875–87. Foreign member, Royal Society of London, 1901.
Sources
DSB
NDB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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