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Anders Retzius

Anders Retzius (1796-1860), professor of anatomy and a supervisor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

He was also an anthropologist, whose studies of the human cranium led to the classifications dolichocephalic and brachycephalic.

Father of Gustaf Retzius.



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