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Robert Ernst Eduard Wiedersheim (April 21, 1848 in Nürtingen – July 12, 1923 in Schachen (Lindau)) was a German anatomist who is famous for publishing a list of 86 “vestigial organs” in his book ''The Structure of Man: An Index to His Past History''.〔Wiedersheim, R. (1893) ''The Structure of Man: An Index to His Past History''. Second Edition. Translated by H. and M. Bernard. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. ()〕 == Biography == Wiedersheim's father was Eduard Friedrich Wiedersheim (1819-1882), a medical doctor and naturalist. His mother, Bertha Friederike Wiedersheim (née Otto, 1825-1848) died a few days after his birth.〔"Wiedersheim, Robert." ''Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography''. 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2015 from Encyclopedia.com: ()〕 During his school years Wiedersheim showed an interest in botany and zoology. However, he was not a good student and barely passed the final examination. Initially commencing a science degree at Lausanne in 1868 Wiedersheim switched after one semester to a medical degree at Tübingen, following his father's wishes. He studied at Tübingen from 1868 to 1870 under Franz Leydig. In 1871 he moved his studies to Würzburg and the following year to Freiburg. In 1872 Wiedersheim finished a doctoral thesis on the finer structural relations of the glands in the gizzard of birds, a subject suggested to him by Carl Hasse while in Würzburg. In 1873 Wiedersheim married Mathilde (Tilla) Sophie Gruber with whom he had one son, Walter Wiedersheim.〔http://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/robert-ernst-wiedersheim_109945347〕 After finishing his studies Wiedersheim returned to Würzburg where he worked as an assistant to Albert von Koelliker until 1876.〔 In 1876 he became an associate professor of anatomy at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg where he taught until 1918.〔Goerttler K. ''Wegbereiter unserer Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Moderne: 219 Biographien zur Portrait-Sammlung des Anatomen Robert Wiedersheim (1848-1923)'' Academia-Press, Germany, 2003. ISBN 3000119426〕 He became an expert in comparative anatomy and published a number of relevant textbooks. He also collected early photographies and documents of scientists of his day. In 1883 Wiedersheim became a full professor of anatomy and succeeded Alexander Ecker as the director of Freiburg's Institute of Anatomy and Comparative Anatomy.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Wiedersheim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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