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Julián Calleja y Sánchez

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Julián Calleja y Sánchez (December 1, 1836 – April 13, 1913) was a Spanish anatomist, professor, and politician.

Biography

Early life and education Julián Calleja y Sánchez was born in Madrid, Spain on December 1, 1836. Calleja Sánchez studied medicine at the Central University of Madrid and in 1854 was taking the second year of Anatomy at the university. In 1856, Calleja secured the role of dissector assistant after passing a competitive examination, integral to the anatomy department. He delivered a speech at the Faculty of Medicine of the Central University upon receiving his medical degree on July 3, 1859.

Career After graduating, he remained a dissector assistant in 1860. By 1871, he won the chair of general anatomy at the Central University Faculty of Medicine (Spanish: Universidad Central Facultad de Medicina). In 1873, the anatomy professor addressed the opening of the academic term of 1873–1874 at the Central University. Julián Callenga assumed the role of dean at the Old Medicine School of San Carlos in 1877, serving for 25 years. On September 2, 1881, he became a member of the Senate of Spain, holding the position of Senator for the University of Zaragoza until 1903. Calleja was serving as the director general of public instruction in 1886. He was admitted to the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences in Madrid on May 29, 1892. Julián Calleja y Sánchez took part in Senate sessions on June 13, 14, 15, and 24, 1892, opposing the entire expenditure budget and the Ministry of Development's Public Instruction and Statistical Geographical Institute branches. In 1893, the Professor of Anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine of Madrid, attended the 11th International Medical Congress. He presented his work titled Topographical Craticule of the Human Body Thesis. He presided over the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine in 1904. In 1908, he nominated Swedish anatomist Gustaf Retzius for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Death Julián Calleja y Sánchez died in Madrid, Spain on April 13, 1913.

Works Treaty of human anatomy: Volume 1 (Spanish: Tratado de anatomía humana), 1869 Report on the Scientific Construction of the Sources of Knowledge and the Teaching Method of Human Anatomy (Spanish: Memoria Acerca de la Construcción Cientifica de Las Fuentes Del Conocimiento Y Del Método de Enseñanza de la Anatomía Humana), 1873 New compendium of descriptive and general anatomy: Volume 1 (Spanish: Nuevo compendio de anatomía descriptiva y general: Volume 1), 1878 Compendium of descriptive anatomy and human embryology (Spanish: Compendio de anatomía descriptiva y de embriología humanas), 1897 Program of descriptive anatomy and human embriology for the use of the disciples of Julián Calleja y Sanchez (Spanish: Programa de Anatomía descriptiva y de embriologia humanas para uso de los discipulos de Julián Calleja y Sanchez), 1901

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