Christian Heinrich Bünger

Christian Heinrich Bünger (born October 11, 1782 in Braunschweig , † December 8, 1842 in Marburg ) was a German surgeon and anatomist .

Life

Bünger studied in Halle under Justus Christian Loder and at the University of Helmstedt under Gottfried Christoph Beireis . After completing his studies, he got a job as a prosector at the University of Helmstedt, when it was closed in 1810, he went to the University of Marburg . There he was employed as an associate professor in 1812 and as a full professor of anatomy in 1815. He also became director of the Anatomical Institute at the University of Marburg in 1812. Bünger founded the Marburg Anatomical Collection , which he enriched with further specimens and collections until his death. After his death, his heart and skull were added to the collection.

literature

• Henke:  Bünger, Christian Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 540.
• Jasper Hein: Christian Heinrich Bünger 1782-1842: anatomist and surgeon in Marburg . Mannheim: Mannheimer Morgen, 1976. Zugl .: Marburg, Univ., Diss., 1973.
• Kornelia Grundmann: The racial skull collection of the Marburg Museum Anatomicum as an example of the craniology of the 19th century and its development up to the time of National Socialism. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 13, 1995, pp. 351-370; here: p. 354 f.