David Veit
David Veit (born November 8, 1771 in Breslau ; † April 15, 1814 ) was a German medic.
Life
His father Joseph Veit was a banker; his brother Simon Veit was the husband of Moses Mendelssohn's daughter Dorothea Schlegel . A remarkable correspondence with Rahel Varnhagen von Ense dates from Veit's student days , in which Veit also describes his encounters with Goethe . After completing his studies, he traveled to Paris with Abraham Mendelssohn . In 1799 he moved to Hamburg, where he worked as a doctor and natural scientist. He frequented here u. a. with Johann Albert Heinrich Reimarus , Friedrich Christoph Perthes , Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and Johann Gottlieb Fichte .
Fonts
- De organorum corporis humani tam energia seu activitate interna quam cum organis sociis connexione sen sympathia , Halle 1797
- General theoretical and practical principles of chemical affinity or electoral attraction for non-profit use for naturalists, chemists, physicians and pharmacists , Berlin 1794
- JAH Reimarus after having completed 50 years of his medical career. A biographical contribution to the Feyer of April 29th , Hamburg 1807
literature
- Ludmilla Assing : Correspondence between Rahel and David Veit , 2 vols., Leipzig 1861
- L. Geiger: Letters from and to David Veit , commemorative publication for Martin Philippson's 70th birthday, Berlin 1916
- T. Zondek: Dr. med. David Veit (1771-1814) , in: Hamburgische Geschichts- und Heimatblätter 8, 1970, pp. 120–128
- T. Zondek: Dr. med. David Veit (1771-1814). A figure from the time of emancipation , in: Bulletin of the Leo Baeck Institute , 15th year, new series, no. 52, pp. 49–77
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| SURNAME | Veit, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and natural scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1814 |