Claim: German physicist, anatomist, and psychiatrist, Johann Christian Reil, studied at the University of Halle and Humboldt University of Berlin and was the first to describe the white fibre tract now called the arcuate fasciculus.
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. In 1809, he was the first to describe the white fibre tract now called the arcuate fasciculus. University of Halle
Humboldt University of Berlin