Heschl was born on 5 July 1824 in Welsdorf (today integral part of
Fürstenfeld, Austria). In 1849 he received his medical doctorate from the
University of Vienna, where in 1850 he became a "first assistant" to
Carl von Rokitansky (1804-1878). In 1854 he was appointed professor of anatomy at the medical-surgical school in
Olomouc, and during the following year became a professor of
pathological anatomy in
Kraków. In 1861 he became a professor at the medical-surgical school at
Graz (from 1863 a full professor), serving as university
rector in 1864–65. In 1875, he returned to the University of Vienna. After his death, his position at Vienna was filled by
Hans Kundrat (1845-1893). Heschl is credited as the first physician to describe the
transverse temporal gyrus or "
Heschl's gyrus", located in the
primary auditory cortex. This anatomical structure processes incoming auditory information. Heschl died on 26 May 1881 in
Vienna, at the age of 56. == Literary works ==