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Rudolf Virchow
German pathologist and statesman Rudolf Virchow was one of the most prominent physicians of the 19th century.
Rose Mayer was the wife of the German pathologist and statesman Rudolf Virchow. The couple married in 1850 while Virchow was serving as a professor at the University of Würzburg. Together, they had three sons and three daughters.1