Friedrich Tiedemann

Friedrich Tiedemann (1781 to 1861) was a German anatomist and physiologist who became an expert on the anatomy of the brain. He spent most of his career as professor of anatomy and physiology at Heidelberg University, an appointment he received in 1816 after ten years holding the chair of anatomy and zoology at Landshut. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1827, and in 1836 was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.