Ferdinand Albert Thierfelder (December 12, 1842 – January 22, 1908) was a German pathologist born in Meissen

Meissen

Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche...

. He was the son of Stadtphysikus Johann Gottlieb Thierfelder (1799-1867), and was a younger brother to internist Theodor Thierfelder

Theodor Thierfelder

Benjamin Theodor Thierfelder was a German internist born in Meissen. He his remembered for contributions made in research of Fieberkurve involving typhoid fever....

 (1824-1904).

He studied medicine at the Universities of Rostock

University of Rostock

The University of Rostock is the university of the city Rostock, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.Founded in 1419, it is the oldest and largest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area...

 and Leipzig

University of Leipzig

The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...

, earning his doctorate in 1870. He spent several years as an assistant at the institute of pathology in Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

, and from 1876 to 1908 was director of pathological institute in Rostock

Rostock

Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...

. One of his better known assistants in Rostock was pathologist Otto Lubarsch

Otto Lubarsch

Otto Lubarsch was a German pathologist who was a native of Berlin.He originally studied philosophy and natural sciences in Leipzig and Heidelberg, and later earned his medical degree in Strasbourg in 1883...

 (1860-1934).

He was the author of Atlas der Pathologischen Histologie (Atlas of Pathological Histology

Histology

Histology is the study of the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals. It is performed by examining cells and tissues commonly by sectioning and staining; followed by examination under a light microscope or electron microscope...

), published in seven parts from 1872 to 1881.