Ernst Heinrich Weber
1795–1878
German anatomist and physiologist. Studied medicine in Wittenberg and Leipzig. Obtained a doctorate in comparative anatomy in 1815. Professor of anatomy, University of Leipzig, 1821–71; of physiology, 1840–66. Accomplished significant work in sensory physiology, physiological acoustics, and other areas.
Sources
Complete dictionary of scientific biography
DBE.
Bibliography
Complete dictionary of scientific biography. By Charles Coulston Gillispie, Frederic Lawrence Holmes, and Noretta Koertge. Electronic publication. Detroit: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 2008.
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
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