Joseph Disse
German anatomist and histologist
Intro | German anatomist and histologist | |
A.K.A. | Joseph Hugo Vincenz Disse | |
A.K.A. | Joseph Hugo Vincenz Disse | |
Places | Germany | |
was | Scientist Anatomist Histologist Educator | |
Work field | Academia Biology Healthcare Science | |
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Birth | 25 December 1852, Brakel | |
Death | 9 July 1912Oberstdorf (aged 59 years) |
Joseph Hugo Vincenz Disse (25 December 1852 – 9 July 1912) was a German anatomist and histologist born in Brakel, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Disse studied at the University of Erlangen, and after graduation became an assistant to anatomist Heinrich von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921) at Strassburg. From 1880 to 1888 he was an instructor at the University of Tokyo, and afterwards became an associate professor at the University of Göttingen. From 1895 to 1912 he was a professor at the University of Marburg.
He specialized in the fields of microscopic anatomy, embryology and histology. His name is associated with the "space of Disse", which is a perisinosoidal space of the liver.