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Wendell Jordan S. Krieg (born 1906 in Lincoln, Neb., died 1997 in Evanston, Illinois ) was a US-American neuroanatomist and artist.

Life and work
Krieg earned a master's and doctoral degree in the New York University School of Medicine.

He joined the Institute of Neurology at Northwestern’s Medical School as a professor and scientist, and become its director shortly afterwards.

Created the first systematic connectome for rat and rhesus monkey cerebral cortex

In 1947, Krieg founded together with 14 other member the Cajal Club, named after the Spanish neuroanatomist and founder of modern neuroscience Santiago Ramón y Cajal. The club still exists today.

Publications

 * Wendell J S Krieg (2021). Brain Mechanisms in Diachrome. Hassell Street Press, ISBN 978-1013888151