Adolf Meyn
Adolf Meyn (born September 4, 1898 in Krümse ; † May 7, 1962 in Warthausen ) was a German veterinarian and university professor.
Life
From 1916 to 1918 Meyn took part in the First World War. In 1924 Meyn received his doctorate med. vet. in veterinary hygiene at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover on the d'Hérellian phenomenon, from 1924 to 1927 he was an assistant there. In 1930 he qualified as a professor for animal diseases at the University of Leipzig with a thesis on the morphology and biology of the intoxicating bacillus . From 1930 to 1937 he taught as a private lecturer for animal disease teaching at the Veterinary Medicine Faculty of the University of Leipzig, there in 1937/38 as a non-scheduled adjunct professor and from 1938 to 1945 as a full professor for veterinary hygiene, disease theory and veterinary police. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . From 1935 to 1938 he was director of the Bacteriological and Milk Hygiene Investigation Office in Leipzig and from 1938 to 1945 director of the Animal Disease Institute at the University of Leipzig. From 1940 to 1942/43 he was acting deputy of the National Socialist Lecturer League Leader at the University of Leipzig. From 1941 to 1945 he took part in World War II and was taken prisoner of war until 1946.
From 1946 he became director of the Bacteriological Institute in Warthausen . From 1952 he headed the Central Office for Combating Bovine Tuberculosis at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forests in Bonn. From 1952 he had a teaching position for animal disease theory at the University of Tübingen and was full professor for animal hygiene at the University of Munich from 1955 to 1962 .
Fonts
- (with Karl Nieberle ): Tuberculosis and meat hygiene. Investigations into the pathological anatomy and pathogenesis of tuberculosis with special consideration of its importance for the assessment of the meat of tubercular slaughter animals , Jena 1938
- Identification key for the generic membership of bacteria , Stuttgart 1952
literature
- Gerber, Theophil: Personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine: biographical lexicon. Berlin: NORA Verl., 2008. (Vol. 2, p. 513)
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Meyn, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German veterinarian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bends |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1962 |
| Place of death | Warthausen |