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Frankel, Zacharias (sh) and Malpighi, Marcello (sh)


Frankel, Zacharias (sh)




born Sept. 30, 1801, Prague, Bohemia
died Feb. 13, 1875, Breslau, Ger.

Hungarian German rabbi and theologian.

He graduated from the University of Budapest and served as rabbi in several German communities. As chief rabbi in Dresden (1836-54), he developed a theology called positive-historical Judaism, which diverged from Orthodox Judaism in its willingness to accept scientific and historical research as well as changes in the liturgy but adhered to traditional customs more firmly than Reform Judaism. In 1854 he became president of Breslau's Jewish Theological Seminary, and his theology spread through central Europe and to the U.S., where it took root as Conservative Judaism. His books include Introduction to the Mishna (1859) and Introduction to the Palestinian Talmud (1870).


Malpighi, Marcello (sh)




born March 10, 1628, Crevalcore, near Bologna, Papal States
died Nov. 30, 1694, Rome

Italian physician and biologist.

In 1661 he identified the pulmonary capillary network, proving William Harvey's theory on blood circulation. He discovered the taste buds and was the first to see red blood cells and realize that they gave blood its colour. He studied subdivisions of the liver, brain, spleen, kidneys, bone, and deeper skin layers (Malpighian layers), concluding that even the largest organs are composed of minute glands. Malpighi also studied insect larvae (especially the silkworm), chick embryology, and plant anatomy, seeing an analogy between plant and animal organization. He is regarded as the founder of microscopic anatomy and may be regarded as the first histologist.