Edward Anthony Spitzka
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1876 – 1922
Who was Edward Anthony Spitzka?
Edward Anthony Spitzka was an American anatomist who autopsied the brain of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of president William McKinley.
Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzka was the author of 40 papers on brain anatomy. Widely recognized as one of the world's leading brain anatomists, he directed the Baugh Institute of Anatomy until 1914. Dr. Spitzka performed post mortem examinations of the brains of many distinguished American men, including Prof. Edward Drinker Cope, Prof. Joseph Leidy, Prof. Harrison Allen, Dr. William Pepper, George Francis Train, and Major John Wesley Powell.
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1876
United States of America - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Sep 4, 1922
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on July 23, 2013
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