Alexander Becker (doctor)
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Alexander Becker (born January 13, 1857 in Veert , Geldern district ; † December 26, 1918 in Berlin ) was a Prussian medical officer ( senior medical officer ) in German East Africa and a secret medical councilor in the Reich Colonial Office .
Live and act
Alexander Becker studied medicine at the Kaiser Wilhelms Academy for Military Medical Education (KWA) in Berlin from October 21, 1876 to September 30, 1880, received his doctorate on December 14, 1880 and promoted to assistant doctor on August 23, 1881 .
On October 8, 1889, with the prospect of future reinstatement, he resigned from the Prussian army and joined the Wissmann troop , a group of mercenaries of the then Reich Commissioner Hermann von Wissmann in German East Africa. In March / April 1891 the Wissmannsche Schutztruppe was transferred to the Imperial Schutztruppe for German East Africa and Becker was put back into Prussian military service. On July 22, 1900, Becker resigned from active service with the rank of first class medical officer and in the position of chief physician and consultant at the imperial government in Dar es Salaam and settled in Friedenau . He published his own book in 1911 about his time in the Schutztruppe and was co-author of a biography of Hermann von Wissmann.
With the outbreak of the First World War he entered the civil service in the position of a secret medical councilor as head of military and civil medical affairs in the Reich Colonial Office and held this position until his death. He died without a previous illness as a result of a heart attack on the night of Christmas Day 1918.
Alexander Becker was awarded the Iron Cross Knight 2nd Class and the Red Eagle Order 4th Class with Swords.
Works
- About railway construction in German East Africa . In: Deutsches Kolonialblatt . Official journal for the protected areas of the German Reich. Xth year. Published by Ernst Siegfried Mittler, Berlin 1899, p. 760-763 .
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Hermann von Wissmann. Germany's largest African. Numerous editions. Alfred Schall publishing house, Berlin
- in the first edition (1906) still “... with the participation of Oberstabsarzt a. D. Dr. Becker et al. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Steuber ”, from the second increased and improved edition (1907) Alexander Becker and Werner Steuber together with Conradin von Perbandt , Georg Richelmann and Rochus Schmidt are named as authors
- From German East Africa's Sturm und Drang period . Memories of an old African. With the picture of the author, and 18 frames in Autotypie (= library of the total literature at home and abroad . No. 2261-2265 ). Otto Hendel Verlag, Halle a. S. 1911, urn : nbn: de: gbv: 46: 1-8122 .
literature
- Paul Wätzold : Alexander Becker . In: Master list of the Kaiser Wilhelms Academy for military medical education . Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg 1910, p. 212 .
- Kurt Strümpell : Senior staff doctor a. D. Dr. Alexander Becker † . In: Deutsches Kolonialblatt . Official Journal of the Reich Colonial Ministry. XXX. Vintage. Published by Ernst Siegfried Mittler and Son, Berlin 1919, p. 2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Geographic news . In: Paul Langhans (Ed.): Dr. A. Petermann's communications from Justus Perthes' geographical institute . 65th year. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1919, p. 24 ( uni-jena.de [accessed on June 10, 2019]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian medical officer and secret medical advisor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Veert |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1918 |
| Place of death | Berlin |