Tiedemann’s early research on the anatomy of the sea cucumber, sea urchin, and starfish earned him the 1812 prize of the Académie des Sciences in Paris. A commemorative bronze medal struck at the fiftieth anniversary of his doctorate, in 1854, depicts Tiedemann in profile on the obverse and the starfish on the reverse, in recognition of this work. Obverse and reverse of the commemorative medal in honor of Freidrich Tiedemann
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