Constantin von Monakow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Constantin von Monakow

neurologist (1853-1930)

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1853

Place of Birth: Vologda Governorate, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Date of Death: 19-Oct-1930

Profession: psychiatrist, psychologist, neurologist, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Constantin von Monakow (November 4, 1853 – October 19, 1930) was a Russian-Swiss neuropathologist who was a native of Bobretsovo in the Vologda Governorate. He studied at the University of Zurich while working as an assistant at the Burghölzli Institute under the directorship of Eduard Hitzig (1839-1907).
After graduation, he was an assistant at St.
Pirminsberg, where he performed scientific investigations of cerebral anatomy.
In 1885 he returned to Zurich, where he later became director of the brain anatomy institute.
In 1917 he founded the Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie (Swiss Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry), and was its editor-in-chief until his death.
He died in Zurich in 1930.