Gustaf Retzius

Swedish histologist (1842-1919) · Sweden · Academics · Died at 76

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Magnus Gustaf Retzius was a Swedish physician and anatomist who dedicated a large part of his life to researching the histology of the sense organs and nervous system.

A life in dates

1919Died21 July 19191908Croonian Medal and LectureAward1907Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1892Cothenius MedalAward1842Born17 October 1842

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Objects from British Columbia at the Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm, collected by Gustaf Retzius 1893

Awards

Croonian Medal and Lecture1908

Foreign Member of the Royal Society1907

Cothenius Medal1892

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Family

Father Anders Retzius

Gustaf Retzius

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Spouse Anna Hierta-Retzius

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Martin P. Nilsson47.8

Per-Ingvar Brånemark47.6

Mårten Palme47.9

Gösta Bagge47.5

Anders Åslund48.0

Kjell A. Nordström47.5

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