Adolph Hanover

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Adolph Hannover (born November 24, 1814 in Copenhagen , † July 7, 1894 in Taarbæk near Copenhagen) was a Danish doctor, anatomist and pathologist.

life and work

Hanover studied medicine in Copenhagen from 1832. In 1837 he won a gold medal for an anatomical work at the University of Copenhagen. The following year he received his medical exam and, in 1839, his medical licentiate, also for an anatomical work.

In the years 1839 to 1841 he went on a study trip to Paris and Berlin. He worked for a long time under Johannes Müller and supported his comparative anatomical research. Here he was also introduced to scientific work with the microscope.

From 1841 to 1844 Hannover worked as a candidate at Frederiks Hospital in Copenhagen. Because of his proven scientific abilities, he was nominated for a doctoral degree. Attempts to get a chair, however, failed. Instead, he worked as a private lecturer in descriptive and microscopic anatomy. From 1845 to 1848 he worked as a reserve medicus at the same hospital. During this time pioneering literature works such as the construction and use of the microscope (1847) were created. The work “om øjet” (About the Eye) followed in 1850 and his study “Om Epithelioma” (About skin tumors) in 1852, which was recognized as the opening of an important new area of ​​research. All of these publications cemented his reputation as an excellent basic medical and biological researcher.

After his hopes for an academic post were disappointed, he led the life of a withdrawn private scholar in addition to his practical work as a doctor. In his autobiography published in 1892, Hanover organized its own scientific literature. On the basis of his scientific work, he received numerous national and international awards and honors. On October 15, 1844 he was accepted as a member ( matriculation no. 1542 ) with the academic surname R. Treviranus in the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina . In 1852 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Groningen. In 1853 he became a member of Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab , the Danish Scientific Society . In 1856 he received the Prix Monthyon from the Institut de France for his studies on the human eye. In 1885 he was appointed a corresponding member of the Institut de France ( Académie des sciences ). In 1890 he was appointed to the Danish State Council. In 1872 he received the Danish Dannebrogorden and in 1888 the Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn .

The largest auditorium at the University of Copenhagen is named Hannover Auditorium in memory of Adolph Hannover . Hanover is buried on the Jewish mosaisk Vestre begravelsesplads in Copenhagen.

literature

  • Dansk biografisk Lexikon (Volume VI, Pages 559-562): Hannover, Adolph. Retrieved April 18, 2019 (Danish).
  • Salmonsens konversationsleksikon (volume 10, pages 827-828): Hannover, Adolph. 1920, accessed April 18, 2019 (Danish).

Web links

Individual references and comments

  1. ↑ This article is based on the article of the same name in the Danish language Wikipedia.
  2. ↑ a b Salmonsen's Konversationsleksikon. Hanover, Adolph.
  3. ^ Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 271 ( archive.org )
  4. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter H. Académie des sciences, accessed on February 11, 2020 (French).


personal data
SURNAME Hanover, Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish doctor, anatomist and pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1894
Place of death Taarbæk near Copenhagen