Johannes Sobotta

Johannes Sobotta
Born	31 January 1869 Berlin
Died	20 April 1945(1945-04-20)(aged 76) Bonn
Nationality	German
Known for	Sobotta atlas of human anatomy
Scientific career
Fields	Anatomy

Robert Heinrich Johannes Sobotta(31 January 1869 inBerlin– 20 April 1945 inBonn) was a Germananatomist.

He studied medicine in Berlin, where he subsequently worked as a second assistant at the institute of anatomy. From 1895 he served asprosectorat the institute forcomparative anatomy,embryologyandhistologyatWürzburg.In 1903 he became an associate professor and in 1912 a full professor of topographical anatomy. In 1916 he relocated to theUniversity of Königsbergas director of the anatomical institute, afterwards performing similar duties at theUniversity of Bonn(from 1919).

He is remembered today for theSobotta atlas of human anatomy,a masterpiece of macroscopic anatomy acclaimed for its high quality and detail. First issued in 1904 with the titleAtlas der deskriptiven Anatomie des Menschen( "Atlas of descriptive human anatomy" ), it has been published in more than 300 editions in 19 languages (15 editions in English). Sobotta was also the author ofAtlas und Grundriss der Histologie und mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen(1902), later translated into English and published asTextbook and atlas of human histology and microscopic anatomy.

In 1944 he was awarded theGoethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft.

Notable publications

• 1901:Atlas und Grundriß der Histologie und mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen.
• 1904–1907:Atlas der descriptiven Anatomie des Menschenin 3 volumes.
• 1904–1907:Grundriß der descriptiven Anatomie des Menschen.

See also

• Katharina Kayßer:Johannes Sobotta (1869–1945) – Leben und Wirken unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner Würzburger Zeit.Dissertation,Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg2004,online(PDF-Datei, 7, 63 MB) (German)
• Biografie(PDF-Datei, 7 MB, S. 3-7) (German)
• Literature by and about Johannes Sobottain theGerman National Librarycatalogue (German)