1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TIEDEMANN, FRIEDRICH (1781-1861), German anatomist and physiologist, eldest son of Dietrich Tiedemann (17481803), a philosopher and psychologist of considerable repute, was born at Cassel on the 23rd of August 1781. He graduated in medicine at Marburg in 1804, but soon abandoned practice. He devoted himself to the study of natural science, and, betaking himself to Paris, became an ardent follower of Baron Cuvier. On his return to Germany he maintained the claims of patient and sober anatomical research against the …
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