Henryk Fryderyk Hoyer

Henryk Fryderyk Hoyer (26 April 1834 – 3 July 1907) was a Polish physician and professor at the University of Warsaw who is considered the founder of histology in Poland.

He was influenced by the teachings of Rudolf Virchow, Johannes Müller, and Ernst Haeckel.

In 1876 he described arteriovenous anastomoses (known as Hoyer bodies[2]) and in 1882 he described a medium for mounting stained material on microscope slides using gum arabica and chloral hydrate.

[5] His students included Józef Nusbaum-Hilarowicz, Edward Strasburger, Zygmunt Laskowski, Wacław Mayzel, Kazimierz Kostanecki, Teodor Dunin, Zygmunt Kramsztyk, Władysław Matlakowski and Józef Peszke.

[1] Hoyer married Ludwika, daughter of pharmacy professor Emil Werner, in 1863.