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Theodor Piderit

1826–1912

German writer and physician. MD, Heidelberg, 1849. Practised medicine in Valparaiso, Chile, 1850–8. Travelled widely in North and South America before returning in 1863 to Germany, where he became a writer. Wrote on the psychology of physiognomy.

Source

DBE.

Bibliography

DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.

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