Max Fürbringer

Max Carl Anton Fürbringer (January 30, 1846 – March 6, 1920) was a German anatomist. Known for his anatomical investigations of all types of vertebrates, he specialized in ornithological research — avian systematics, morphology and classification.

Biography

He studied at the University of Berlin, and at the University of Jena with Karl Gegenbaur.^[1][2] He obtained his doctorate with a thesis on the muscles and bones of dinosaurs. He later worked as a prosector under Gegenbaur at the University of Heidelberg, followed by professorships in Amsterdam, Jena (from 1888) and Heidelberg (from 1901).^[3]

Selected writings

• Die Knochen und Muskeln der Extremitäten bei den schlangenähnlichen Saurien (“The bones and muscles of the extremities in the snake-like dinosaurs”), 1870
• Zur Entwickelung der Amphibienniere (“The development of amphibian kidneys”), 1877
• Vergleichende Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte der Excretionsorgane der Vertebraten (“Comparative anatomy and history of development of the excretion organs of the vertebrates”), 1878
• Untersuchungen zur Morphologie und Systematik der Vögel (“Researches on the morphology and systematics of the bird”), 1888
• Über die spino-occipitalen Nerven der Salachier und Holocephalen und ihre vergleichende Morphologie, 1897
• Beitrag zur Systematik und Genealogie der Reptilien (“Contribution to the systematics and genealogy of the reptiles”), 1900
• Zur vergleichenden Anatomie des Brustschulterapparates und der Schultermuskeln (“Comparative anatomy of the breast-shoulder apparatus and the shoulder muscles”), volumes 4 and 5, 1900-1902

Notes

1. Fürbringer, M. (1888), Untersuchungen zur Morphologie und Systematik der Voegel, Amsterdam: van Halkema (1751 pages).
2.  Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Fürbringer, Max Karl". Encyclopedia Americana.
3. Heidelberg University Library (biography)

External links

• Pagel: Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Wien 1901, Sp. 566-567.