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Eduard Weber

1806-03-06 – 1871-05-18

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Eduard Weber. Cropped from M0011226 Portrait of Eduard and Ernst Weber Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk https://wellcomeimages.org Portrait of Eduard and Ernst Weber Some apostles of physiology William Stirling Published: 1902 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Credit: Some apostles of physiology William Stirling Published: 1902

Life & Legacy

Eduard Friedrich Weber (6 March 1806 – 18 May 1871) was a German anatomist and physiologist. He was a younger brother to physiologist Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795-1878) and physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891).
Weber was born in Wittenberg. He studied medicine at the University of Halle, receiving his doctorate in 1829. From 1836 he served as prosector in the anatomical institute at the University of Leipzig, where in 1838 he became privat-docent with a thesis involving physiological studies on the "galvano-magnetic phenomena" in humans. From 1847 to 1871 he was an associate professor at Leipzig.
He assisted his older brother, Ernst, with experimentation involving the inhibitory power of the vagus nerve.

Occupation & Career

physiologist, anatomist, university teacher, physician

Education

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Leipzig University

Legacy Highlights

Employer

Leipzig University

Organizations & Memberships

Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences · Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Education & Institutions

Leipzig University · Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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  1. Wikidata population candidate Q76217 — wikidata View source

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