Johann Nepomuk Czermak

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1828 – 1873

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Who was Johann Nepomuk Czermak?

Johann Nepomuk Czermak was an Austrian-German physiologist who was a native of Prague.

He studied in Prague, Vienna, Breslau and Würzburg. At Breslau he was greatly influenced by the work of physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně. He became a professor at Graz in 1855, and proceeded to work at several European universities, including Krakow and Leipzig. Just prior to his death in 1873, he founded a physiological institute in Leipzig called the "Spectatorium". Czermak was a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

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Born
Jun 17, 1828
Prague
Lived in
  • Prague
Died
Sep 16, 1873
Leipzig

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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