Richard Ladislaus Heschl | |
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Died | 26 May 1881 | (aged 56)
Nationality | Austrian |
Occupation | Anatomist |
Richard Ladislaus Heschl (German: [ˈhɛʃl̩]; 5 July 1824 – 26 May 1881) was an Austrian anatomist.
Heschl was born on 5 July 1824 in Welsdorf (today integral part of Fürstenfeld, Austria). In 1849 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, where in 1850 he became a "first assistant" to Carl von Rokitansky (1804-1878). In 1854 he was appointed professor of anatomy at the medical-surgical school in Olomouc, and during the following year became a professor of pathological anatomy in Kraków. In 1861 he became a professor at the medical-surgical school at Graz (from 1863 a full professor), serving as university rector in 1864–65. In 1875, he returned to the University of Vienna. After his death, his position at Vienna was filled by Hans Kundrat (1845-1893).
Heschl is credited as the first physician to describe the transverse temporal gyrus or " Heschl's gyrus", located in the primary auditory cortex. This anatomical structure processes incoming auditory information.
Heschl died on 26 May 1881 in Vienna, at the age of 56.
Richard Ladislaus Heschl | |
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Born | |
Died | 26 May 1881 | (aged 56)
Nationality | Austrian |
Occupation | Anatomist |
Richard Ladislaus Heschl (German: [ˈhɛʃl̩]; 5 July 1824 – 26 May 1881) was an Austrian anatomist.
Heschl was born on 5 July 1824 in Welsdorf (today integral part of Fürstenfeld, Austria). In 1849 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, where in 1850 he became a "first assistant" to Carl von Rokitansky (1804-1878). In 1854 he was appointed professor of anatomy at the medical-surgical school in Olomouc, and during the following year became a professor of pathological anatomy in Kraków. In 1861 he became a professor at the medical-surgical school at Graz (from 1863 a full professor), serving as university rector in 1864–65. In 1875, he returned to the University of Vienna. After his death, his position at Vienna was filled by Hans Kundrat (1845-1893).
Heschl is credited as the first physician to describe the transverse temporal gyrus or " Heschl's gyrus", located in the primary auditory cortex. This anatomical structure processes incoming auditory information.
Heschl died on 26 May 1881 in Vienna, at the age of 56.