Hermann Schaaffhausen was the son of Josef Hubert Schaaffhausen and Anna Maria Wachendorf. He studied medicine at the University of Berlin and received his doctorate degree in 1839, and became a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bonn.
Hermann Schaaffhausen, born to Josef Hubert Schaaffhausen and Anna Maria Wachendorf, studied medicine at the University of Berlin and earned his doctorate degree in 1839. He then became a Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bonn.