Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz
German neuroscientist
Died when: 84 years 109 days (1011 months)Star Sign: Libra
Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz (6 October 1836 – 23 January 1921) was a German anatomist, known for summarizing neuron theory and for naming the chromosome.
He is also remembered by anatomical structures of the human body which were named after him: Waldeyer's tonsillar ring (the lymphoid tissue ring of the naso- and oropharynx) and Waldeyer's glands (of the eyelids).
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