Koelliker, Rudolf Albert von

J Schickore, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002432

1817–1905 Swiss anatomist who made important contributions to the fields of microscopic anatomy, in particular to histology and embryology.

Keywords: microscopic anatomy; histology; embryology; neurons; physiology

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Further Reading
	book Koelliker RA (1852) Handbuch der Gewebelehre des Menschen. Leipzig: Engelmann (French transl. Paris, 1856; English transl. London, 1853–1854; Italian transl. Milan, 1856).
	book Koelliker RA (1861) Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen und der höheren Thiere. Leipzig: Engelmann (French transl. 1882).
	book Koelliker RA (1899) Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben. Leipzig: Engelmann. [Includes bibliography of Koelliker's works.]
	book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
	book Duchesneau F (1994) "Kölliker and Schwann's cell theory". In: Cimino G and Maccagni C (eds) La storia della medicina e della scienza tra archivio e laboratorio, pp. 103–121. Florence, Italy: Olschki.