August von Froriep

August von Froriep (10 September 1849 – 11 October 1917) was a German anatomist born in Weimar.

He studied medicine in Leipzig, and after earning his doctorate in 1874, he became an assistant to Christian Wilhelm Braune (1831–1892).

Froriep specialized in studies involving the development and biological morphology of the head and vertebra.

In 1911, Froriep claimed to have identified the "famous skull" of poet Friedrich von Schiller from a mass gravesite, of which he published an article titled Die Schädel Friedrich von Schillers und des Dichters Begräbnisstätte.

However, there are detractors to Froriep's claim, and as of late 2007 the authenticity of the skull remains unproven.