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Paul Langerhans
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Paul Langerhans was a German pathologist, physiologist, and physician who held a Doctor of Medicine degree. Born in Berlin in 1847, he was a citizen of the Kingdom of Prussia. He studied at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Friedrich Schiller University Jena under doctoral advisor Rudolf Virchow. Langerhans worked as an employee of the University of Freiburg and participated in the Franco-Prussian War.
He authored works including *Handbuch für Madeira*, *Beiträge zur mikroskopischen Anatomie der Bauchspeicheldrüse*, and *Ein Beitrag zur Anatomie der sympathischen Ganglienzellen*. His contributions to medicine are documented in sources such as the *Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie* and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*. Items from his collection are held at the Museum für Naturkunde. Langerhans died of kidney failure due to natural causes in Funchal on July 20, 1888.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1847
- Died
- 1888
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Handbuch für Madeira
- Beiträge zur mikroskopischen Anatomie der Bauchspeicheldrüse ...
- Ein Beitrag zur Anatomie der sympathischen Ganglienzellen ...
- Contributions to the microscopic anatomy of the pancreas
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1847-07-25 ) 25 July 1847, Berlin , Prussia
- Died
- 20 July 1888 (1888-07-20) (aged 40), Funchal , Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves
- Occupations
- Pathologist , physiologist , biologist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Funchal
- Occupation
- physiologist
- Educated at
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Employer
- University of Freiburg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- Doctoral advisor
- Rudolf Virchow
- Field of work
- medicine
- Conflict
- Franco-Prussian War
- Image
- Paul Langerhans 1878.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1847-07-25
- date of death
- 1888-07-20
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- Commons category
- Paul Langerhans
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Paul Langerhans
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Langerhans ( German pronunciation: [ˈpaʊl ˈlaŋɐhans]; 25 July 1847 – 20 July 1888) was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist, credited with the discovery of the cells that secrete insulin, named after him as the islets of Langerhans.
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