Aloys Pollender From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia German physician Aloys Pollender. Signature. Franz Anton Aloys Pollender (26 January 1799 – 17 August 1879) was a German physician who is credited with the discovery of the etiology of anthrax. Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF National Germany Czech Republic People Deutsche Biographie This article about a German person in the field of medicine is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte