- Arthur Kollmann
Arthur Kollmann (1858–1941) [ "Felix Martin Oberländers Beiträge zur Urologie" (PDF file), "SpringerLink", part of "Springer Science+Business Media", 2006, webpage: [http://www.springerlink.com/index/PGR8MGCQGX8Y66X6.pdf Springer-PDF] .] was a German medical researcher from
Hamburg who studied fingerprint characteristics, of friction ridges andvolar pads . "Michele Triplett's Fingerprint Dictionary: K" (glossary), Michele Triplett, 2006, "Fprints.nwlean.net" webpage: [http://www.fprints.nwlean.net/k.htm Fprints-K] .]In the 1880s (1883, 1885), Kollmann was the first researcher to address the formation of friction ridges on the
fetus and the random physical stresses and tensions which may have played a part in their growth.Kollmann may have been the first researcher to study the development of friction ridges. He grouped the volar pads of humans and also grouped the volar pads of many primates. Kollmann is credited with establishing and then naming ten volar pads in humans, and he was the first to study epidermic markings in different races. Alfred R. Hale described Kollmann as the first researcher (1883) to suggest that mechanical stresses inherent in fetal growth may influence the ultimate
dermatoglyphic configuration.Notes
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* [http://www.ridgesandfurrows.homestead.com/scientific_researchers.html ridges and furrows] - fingerprint characteristics (03-08-2003).
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