Martin Münz (5 November 1785 – 18 March 1848) was a German

anatomist Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having it ...

born in Bamberg. In 1812 he obtained his

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from the

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, where in 1814 he earned his habilitation, later becoming an associate professor (1821). Afterwards, he relocated to the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one of ...

as a professor of

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, a position he maintained until his death in 1848. Two of his better known students were

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(1793-1864) and

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(1821-1908). His best known written effort was "''Handbuch der Anatomie des menschlichen Körpers''" (Anatomical textbook of the human body), being published in five parts between 1815 and 1836. * Books about Martin Münz: * ''Martin Münz: Professor der Anatomie in Würzburg (1829-1849): zugleich ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Theatrum anatomicum'' by Gisela Kirchhoff (1964).

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translated biography @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie People from Bamberg Academic staff of the University of Würzburg 1785 births 1849 deaths German anatomists {{Germany-med-bio-stub