Arthur Kollmann (1858–1941)
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"Felix Martin Oberländers Beiträge zur Urologie" (PDF file),
''SpringerLink'', part of ''Springer Science+Business Media'', 2006, webpage:
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was a German medical researcher from
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...
who studied the fingerprint characteristics of
friction ridge
The dermis or corium is a layer of skin between the epidermis (with which it makes up the cutis) and subcutaneous tissues, that primarily consists of dense irregular connective tissue and cushions the body from stress and strain. It is divided in ...
s and
volar pads.
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"Michele Triplett's Fingerprint Dictionary: K" (glossary),
Michele Triplett, 2006, ''Fprints.nwlean.net'' webpage:
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In the 1880s (1883, 1885), Kollmann was the first researcher to address the formation of friction ridges on the
fetus
A fetus or foetus (; : fetuses, foetuses, rarely feti or foeti) is the unborn offspring of a viviparous animal that develops from an embryo. Following the embryonic development, embryonic stage, the fetal stage of development takes place. Pren ...
and the random physical stresses and tensions which may have played a part in their growth.
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Kollmann may have been the first researcher to study the development of friction ridges.][ He grouped the volar pads of humans and also grouped the volar pads of many primates. Kollmann is credited with establishing and then naming ten volar pads in humans, and he was the first to study epidermic markings in different races. Alfred R. Hale described Kollmann as the first researcher (1883) to suggest that mechanical stresses inherent in fetal growth may influence the ultimate dermatoglyphic configuration.
He is buried in the Nordfriedhof, Leipzig.
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ridges and furrows
- fingerprint characteristics (03-08-2003).
1858 births
1941 deaths
German medical researchers
Scientists from Hamburg
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