Rudolf Peter Heinrich (Rudolf) Heidenhain
1834–97
German physiologist. Studied at Königsberg (Kaliningrad), Halle (Saale), and Berlin. Research assistant to Emil Du Bois-Reymond. Habilitated in Halle, 1857; professor of physiology and histology and director of the physiological laboratory in Breslau (Wrocław), 1859. Worked on cell physiology.
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DBE
DSB
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
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.
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