Bernhard Solger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernhard Solger

German anatomist

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1849

Place of Birth: Untermerzbach, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1935

Profession: university teacher, anatomist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Bernhard Solger (5 December 1849, Untermerzbach – 21 February 1935, Neisse) was a German anatomist. He studied medicine at the Universities of Erlangen, Würzburg, Tübingen and Munich.
During the Franco-Prussian War, he served as a doctor in a field hospital.
In 1872 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Würzburg, later working as an assistant at the University of Breslau (1875).
Beginning in 1877, he worked as a prosector at the University of Halle, where in 1882 he gained an associate professorship.
In 1886, he was appointed professor of anatomy at the University of Greifswald.
In 1904 he settled in the city of Neisse as a dermatologist.Known for his research in the field of cellular anatomy, he made valuable contributions in his studies of chromatophores (pigment cells).