Bernhard Friedrich Albinus

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Bernhardus Friedrich Albinus (1653–1721)

Bernhard Friedrich Albinus (born January 7, 1653 in Dessau , † September 7, 1721 in Leiden ) was a German medic.

Life

Bernhard Albinus was born in Dessau as the son of Mayor Christoph Albinus . His great-grandfather, the Anhalt historian Peter Weiß, latinized the original family name "Weiß" to "Albinus". Bernhard Albinus received excellent training from the tutor Johannes Major. He attends high school in Dessau. In 1668 he followed his grammar school teacher H. Alers to Bremen , who became the rector of the "grammar school illustrious" there. At times he lived with his teacher.

Albinus began his medical studies in Bremen. In 1675 he continued his studies in Leiden ( Holland ). Albinus successfully completed his doctorate in Leiden in 1676 with the neurological topic "De catalepsi" (see catalepsy ). After his mother's death in 1677, he went on study trips and began studying mathematics at other universities in the Netherlands and France .

In 1680, the young scientist planned to establish himself as a doctor in Dessau, but followed an appointment as professor of medicine at the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt . Soon afterwards he was appointed personal physician to the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm . He stayed most of the time at his court in Berlin , but kept his professorship in Frankfurt. In 1685 he described the mineral spring discovered in 1683 (today "Kurfürstenquelle") in Bad Freienwalde . Albinus was appointed rector of the Frankfurt University Viadrina in 1687. With the death of the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I in 1688, Albinus was able to devote more time to his duties at the Frankfurt University Viadrina. So he developed a new method of cataract surgery . In 1694 Albinus refused an appointment to the university in Groningen in the Netherlands . Elector Friedrich III. increased his pay to sweeten the stay. In 1696 Bernhard Albinus married Susanna Catharina Rings , the eldest daughter of the law professor at the Frankfurt University Viadrina, Thomas Siegfried Rings. Elector Friedrich III. appointed him his personal physician in 1697. On March 11, 1701 Albinus was appointed a foreign member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

After long resistance from King Friedrich I (the former Elector Friedrich III, who was crowned last year), Albinus left Frankfurt (Oder) in 1702 and was appointed to the University of Leiden . On October 19, he gave his inaugural address “De ortu et progressu medicinae” here. With Herman Boerhaave , he contributed to making Leiden an international attraction for medical students. Bernhard Friedrich Albinus died in Leiden on September 7, 1721.

In his dissertation De Phosphoro liquido et solido (published 1688) he first described phosphorus-containing organic substances in mustard and cress seeds.

literature

  • Klaus Eichler: A great doctor and teacher: Bernhard Albinus, professor of medicine at the Viadrina, died 275 years ago . In: Mitteilungen des Historisches Verein zu Frankfurt (Oder) eV, Issue 2, 1996, pp. 26–28.
  • Klaus Eichler: Professor Bernhard Albinus, personal physician to the Great Elector and the first King in Prussia . In: Research Center for Comparative University History together with the Association for Research into the History of the Viadrina: Annual Report . No. 5, 2005/2006, pp. 62-75.
  • August Hirsch :  Albinus, Bernhard Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 221 f.
  • GA Lindeboom: Dutch Medical Biography . Pp. 9-10.
  • AJ van der Aa : Bernard Albinus . In: Biografisch woordenboek de Nederlanden . Volume I, pp. 156-157.
  • F. Chaussier and NP Adelon: Bernard Albinus . In: Biography universelle ancienne et moderne . Volume 1, 1843, p. 346.
  • Magnus Schmid :  Albinus, Bernhard Friedrich and Weissenlöw. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 150 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the previous academies. Bernhard (actually Weiss) Albinus. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 13, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Winfried Pötsch u. a. Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989, article Albinus.
personal data
SURNAME Albinus, Bernhard Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1653
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1721
Place of death Leiden , Netherlands