August Franz Josef Karl Mayer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German zoologist
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Place of Birth: Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About August Franz Josef Karl Mayer
- August Franz Josef Karl Mayer (2 November 1787 in Schwäbisch Gmünd – 9 November 1865 in Bonn) was a German anatomist and physiologist. He received his education at the University of Tübingen, obtaining his doctorate in 1812.
- Afterwards, he worked as a prosector at the Academy of Bern, where in 1815 he was named a professor of anatomy and physiology.
- From 1819 to 1856 he was a professor at the University of Bonn.
- Among his better known students at Bonn were Johannes Peter Müller and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff.His name is associated with a female reproductive disorder known today as Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH); named in conjunction with Carl von Rokitansky, Hermann Küster and Georges André Hauser.
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