Steno

Steno, NICHOLAS (1638-1687), anatomist, was born at Copenhagen, and was one of the pupils of Bartholin. He travelled in Germany, France, and Italy, and became a Catholic. He was appointed Professor of Anatomy at Copenhagen, but finally entered the Church, and was made a bishop by Innocent XII. He published several great works on anatomy, notably his Observations on the Muscles and Glands and The Anatomy of the Brain.