Martin Heidenhain

Martin Heidenhain (December 7, 1864 - December 14, 1949) was a German anatomist who was born in Breslau. His father was physiologist Rudolf Heidenhain (1834-1937), and his mother, Fanny Volkmann was the daughter of anatomist Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (1800-1877). Martin Heidenhain studied medicine in Freiburg im Breisgau, and in 1890 became an assistant to Albert von Kölliker (1817-1905) at the University of Würzburg. In 1899 he went to the University of Tübingen, where he remained for the rest of his career.

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Heidenhain is remembered for his work in comparative anatomy, embryology and histology, and was Prosector at Würzburg and Tübingen. He created a few histological stains that bear his name, including an iron haematoxylin stain that is still widely used today. In 1894 he introduced the word telophase for the last stage of mitosis.

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• Who Named It?, Martin Heidenhain