August von Froriep

August von Froriep (born 10 September 1849 in Weimar, † October 11, 1917 in Tübingen ) was a German anatomist.

Life

August Froriep came from a medical family - he was the son of the anatomist Robert Friedrich Froriep (1804-1861) and the grandson of the surgeon and publisher Ludwig Friedrich von Froriep ( 1779-1847 ).

Froriep studied medicine in Göttingen, Tübingen and Leipzig. 1869/70 he was Konkneipant the Corps Saxonia Göttingen. As he had once fought on the Saxons colors, he received Corp. loop after his departure from Göttingen.

After graduating, he worked as an assistant to Christian Wilhelm Braune (1831-1892) in Leipzig. Later he worked as a prosector in Tübingen, where he eventually became Professor of Anatomy. It dealt mainly with the morphology and development of the head and spine.

1911 claimed Froriep in a well-received publication ( The skull of Friedrich Schiller and the poet's burial place ) to have the genuine skull of Friedrich Schiller found. By that he meant to end the decades-long dispute over the authenticity of the skull, which was maintained until then for Schiller. However, recent studies have shown that it is the skull found by him to the skull Louise of Göchhausens, a maid of honor of Anna Amalia is.

Writings (selection )

• Anatomy for artists. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel 1880 Digitized edition
• The skull of Friedrich Schiller and the poet's burial place. Leipzig: Barth 1913
• Skull, Death Mask and living face of Hoffräuleins Louise of Göchhausen. Leipzig: Barth 1917