Johannes Wolfgang Rohen (18 September 1921 – 26 May 2022) was a German

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. Born in

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on 18 September 1921, he was mostly known for his photographic atlas of

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cadaver

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, ''Color Atlas of Anatomy - A Photographic Study of the Human Body'', one of the most widely used atlases in the field. It has been translated into 18 languages. The 18th translated language is

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. Rohen died on 26 May 2022, at the age of 100.

Works

*Rohen, Johannes W. (2011) ''Anatomie des Menschen - Fotografischer Atlas der systematischen und topografischen Anatomie'' 7th Edition, published by Schattauer,

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1921 births 2022 deaths Medical illustrators German anatomists German centenarians German embryologists 20th-century German physicians University of Tübingen alumni University of Erlangen-Nuremberg faculty University of Marburg faculty University of Giessen faculty Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz faculty People from Münster Medical school textbook writers People from the Province of Westphalia Men centenarians {{Germany-med-bio-stub