Gunther von Hagens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gunther von Hagens

German anatomist

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1945

Place of Birth: Skalmierzyce, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: inventor, sculptor, university teacher, anatomist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gunther von Hagens (born Gunther Gerhard Liebchen; 10 January 1945) is a German anatomist who invented the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination.
He has organized numerous Body Worlds public exhibitions and occasional live demonstrations of his and his colleagues' work, and has traveled worldwide to promote its educational value.
The sourcing of biological specimens for his exhibits has been controversial, but he insists that informed consent was given before death of donors, and extensive documentation of this has been made available. In 2011, he publicly announced that he is dying of Parkinson's disease, and expressed his desire for his body to be plastinated after death and placed on permanent exhibit, possibly simultaneously in multiple locations.