Karl Friedrich Burdach

Karl Friedrich Burdach
Lithograph by Joseph Kriehuben (1800-1876)
Born(1776-06-12)12 June 1776
Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
Died16 July 1847(1847-07-16) (aged 71)
Königsberg, Prussia

Karl Friedrich Burdach (12 June 1776 – 16 July 1847) was a German physiologist. He was the first to use the word "biology" and was a pioneer of neuroanatomy.

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