Claim: German physicist, anatomist, and psychiatrist, Johann Christian Reil, was born February 20, 1759, and studied at the University of Halle and Humboldt University of Berlin.
Evidence: Johann Christian Reil (20 February 1759, Rhaude (an urban district of Rhauderfehn) – 22 November 1813, Halle an der Saale) was a German physician, physiologist, anatomist, and psychiatrist.