Tilly Edinger
Johanna Gabrielle Ottilie "Tilly" Edinger (13 November 1897 – 27 May 1967) was a German-American paleontologist and the founder of paleoneurology.
Johanna "Tilly" Edinger | |
---|---|
Born | Frankfurt, Germany | 13 November 1897
Died | 27 May 1967 | (aged 69)
Nationality | German |
Citizenship | United States |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology, 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
- Tilly-Edinger-Platz, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, Robert-Mayer-Straße.JPG
Tilly-Edinger-Platz, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, Robert-Mayer-Straße
References
- ↑ Buchholtz, Emily A. & Seyfarth, Ernst-August 1999. The gospel of the fossil brain: Tilly Edinger and the science of paleoneurology.