Albrecht Meckel

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August Albrecht Meckel, Edler von Hemsbach, (* 1790 in Halle (Saale) , † March 19, 1829 in Bern ) was a German anatomist and coroner .

Life

Albrecht Meckel came from an old medical family. His father was Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (1756–1803), who taught anatomy and surgery in Halle . His grandfather was Johann Friedrich Meckel (1724–1774), professor of anatomy and midwifery in Berlin and royal body surgeon.

Meckel von Hemsbach studied medicine at the universities of Jena and Halle . In 1807 he joined the Corps Saxonia Jena and in 1810 the Corps Guestphalia Halle .

He took part in the Wars of Liberation as a doctor in the Lützow Freikorps . After a time as a prosector with his half-brother Johann Friedrich Meckel the Younger in Halle, he received a professorship for anatomy and forensic medicine at the University of Bern , which he held until his death.

His son Heinrich Meckel von Hemsbach (1821–1856) also became a doctor. He was a prosector at the Charité Berlin and ao. Professor of Pathological Anatomy .

Fonts

  • Some items of forensic medicin. Hall 1818.
  • Contributions to forensic psychology. Hall 1820.
  • Textbook of Forensic Medicin. Hall 1821.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 71 , 39
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 116 , 502
personal data
SURNAME Meckel, Albrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meckel, August Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anatomist and coroner
DATE OF BIRTH 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1829
Place of death Bern