Martin Münz was a German anatomist born in Bamberg

Bamberg

Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...

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In 1812 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Landshut, where in 1814 he earned his habilitation and in 1821 became an associate professor. Later he relocated to the University of Würzburg

University of Würzburg

The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...

 as a professor of anatomy

Anatomy

Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...

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

Johann Lukas Schönlein

Johann Lukas Schönlein was a German naturalist, and professor of medicine, born in Bamberg. He studied medicine at Landshut, Jena, Göttingen, and Würzburg...

 and Franz Leydig

Franz Leydig

Franz von Leydig , also Franz Leydig, was a German zoologist and comparative anatomist.- Life :Franz Leydig was born on May 21, 1821, in Rothenburg ob der Tauber . He was the only boy of three children born to Melchior Leydig, a Catholic and a minor public official, and Margareta, a Protestant...

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His best known written work was Handbuch der Anatomie des menschlichen Körpers (Anatomical Textbook of the Human Body), which was 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).