Wenzel Gruber

Wenzel Gruber (December 24, 1814 at , in Pernarec, Bohemia30 September 1890 in Vienna) was an Austrian anatomist.
Life.
Gruber studied medicine at the University of Prague. Under his teacher Josef Hyrtl, Gruber developed into an outstanding anatomist. In 1847 he received a call from the medical academy of St. Petersburg, where he was the first prosector of Nikolay Pirogov. After the latter's resignation, he took over the leadership of the practical-anatomical institute in 1855. From 1858 he worked as a full professor. In 1888 he moved back to Vienna after more than 40 years of teaching. In 1847 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina.
Gruber succeeded in setting up scientifically driven anatomy lessons in Russia against enormous resistance. He was able to use the large number of human corpses available to him for his researches to find important details, variations and pathological deviations. Gruber, who received many awards and honors, was regarded as the best expert in this particular area.
Gruber wrote the first recorded mention of the foramen lacerum.