Tilly Edinger
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Johanna "Tilly" Edinger | |
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| Born | 13 November 1897 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | 27 May 1967 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Paleontology, Paleoneurology |
Johanna Gabrielle Ottilie "Tilly" Edinger (13 November 1897 – 27 May 1967) was a German-American paleontologist and the founder of paleoneurology.
Tilly used fossil skulls to study the brains of extinct animals. She discovered that brain matter left imprints on skulls and this was the basis of her publications.[1]
Tilly Edinger Media
Grave of Tilly Edinger, Ludwig Edinger, and Anna Edinger-Goldschmidt in Frankfurt.
References
- ↑ Buchholtz, Emily A. & Seyfarth, Ernst-August 1999. The gospel of the fossil brain: Tilly Edinger and the science of paleoneurology.