Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow () Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow was a German pathologist, anthropologist, archaeologist, and politician. He was born on Octo, in Schivelbein (Pomerania, now Swidwin in Poland). He received his primary education at home and in private schools. At the age of 14, he entered the fourth grade of the Gymnasium in Köslin. In , he enrolled at the.