Schneider Marlon R
Gene Center, LMU Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Street 25, Munich, Germany.
J Med Biogr. 2012 May;20(2):79-83. doi: 10.1258/jmb.2011.011013.
Franz von Leydig, a German histologist and zoologist, is known to every student of human or animal anatomy because of the testicular testosterone-producing cells carrying his name. However, he made many contributions to our knowledge of the fine structure of animal tissues, including more than 200 scientific articles and several books. His most important work, the book Lehrbuch der Histologie des Menschen und der Thiere, established him as a pioneer if not the founder of comparative histology. Leydig taught at three different universities (Würzburg, Tübingen and Bonn) and received many honours from scientific organizations worldwide, including the Royal Society. He died in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the town of his birth, aged 86 years.
弗朗茨·冯·莱迪希是一位德国组织学家和动物学家，每个学习人体或动物解剖学的学生都知道他，因为以他名字命名的睾丸产生睾酮的细胞。然而，他在我们对动物组织精细结构的认识方面做出了许多贡献，包括200多篇科学文章和几本书。他最重要的著作《人体与动物组织学教科书》使他即使不是比较组织学的创始人，也成为了该领域的先驱。莱迪希曾在三所不同的大学（维尔茨堡、图宾根和波恩）任教，并获得了包括皇家学会在内的全球科学组织的许多荣誉。他在他出生的小镇陶伯河上游罗滕堡去世，享年86岁。
