Claim: Johannes Ranke, a German physiologist and anthropologist, published a textbook on human physiology, titled Grundzüge der Physiologie des Menschen in 1868 and became an associate professor on the latter subject in 1869.
Evidence: Johannes Ranke (23 August 1836, Thurnau – 26 July 1916, Munich) was a German physiologist and anthropologist. In 1868 he published a textbook on human physiology, titled Grundzüge der Physiologie des Menschen. He became an associate professor on the latter subject in 1869.