Friedrich Bernhard Albinus or Frederik Bernard Albinus (20 June 1715 – 23 may 1778) was a Dutch anatomist. He was the fourth and youngest son of
Bernhardus Albinus, and succeeded his brother
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697–1770) at the
University of Leiden as professor of anatomy.
Albinus was born in Leiden where he was educated. Matriculating in literature in 1731, he went to Leiden University and studied mathematics and philosophy under
Willem 's Gravesande; botany under
Adriaan van Royen
Adriaan van Royen (11 November 1704 in Leiden – 28 February 1779 in Leiden) was a Dutch botanist. He was a professor at Leiden University and is associated with Carl Linnaeus.
He is best known for his work on flora of Southeast Asia. Adr ...
; and medicine under
Herman Boerhaave, his brother Bernhard and
Hieronymus David Gaubius. Receiving a doctorate in 1740 he became a physician in Amsterdam. In 1745 he became a lecturer in anatomy at the University of Leiden and in 1770 he replaced his brother as professor of human physiology after 1770. His most important work was ''
De natura hominis libellus'' (1775) which included works by his deceased brother.
Other publications included:
* ''De meteoris ignitis'' (Leiden, 1740)
* ''Dissertatio medica inauguralis de deglutitione'' (Leiden, 1740)
* ''De amoenitatibus anatomicis'' (Leiden, 1745)
* ''De causis dissensionum inter anatomices'' (Leiden, 1748)
* ''De praestantia chirurgiae'' (Leiden, 1755)
* ''De amictus noxis'' (Leiden, 1767)
* ''De ambulatione, eaque utili, et necessaria, et jucunda'' (Leiden, 1771)
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1715 births
1778 deaths
Dutch anatomists
Leiden University faculty