Dietrich Barfurth
Karl Dietrich Gerhard Barfurth (born January 25, 1849 in Dinslaken , † March 23, 1927 in Rostock ) was a German physician , anatomist , mathematician and two-time rector of the University of Rostock .
Life
Dietrich Barfurth was born as the son of the weaver of the same name, Dietrich Barfurth. He enrolled at the Georg August University of Göttingen in 1871 and studied natural sciences and mathematics, which he completed in 1874 with a doctorate and in 1875 with the state examination. After graduating, Barfurth taught as a senior teacher at the high school in Cologne before he began studying medicine at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in 1879 . In 1882 he received his doctorate in medicine. In the same year Barfurth passed the medical state examination and was habilitated in anatomy in 1883. From 1888 Barfurth was a prosector at the Anatomical Institute of the University of Göttingen with Friedrich Merkel . In 1889 he accepted a professorship for comparative anatomy, histology and embryology at the University of Dorpat . In 1896 Dietrich Barfurth was appointed professor of anatomy and director of the anatomical institute at the University of Rostock , where he stayed until his retirement in 1921.
In addition to his function as director of the anatomical institute, Dietrich Barfurth was elected rector of the University of Rostock in 1902 and 1917. His work not only shaped the anatomy in Rostock, but also his work Regeneration and Transplantation (1917) and Methods for Research on Regeneration in Animals (1920) the field of developmental mechanics. In 1904 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . In 1926, Barfurth was accepted into the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina in recognition of his scientific achievements .
During his studies in 1871 he became a member of the Brunsviga fraternity in Göttingen, of which he became an honorary member in 1890; He also became a member of the Alemannia Bonn fraternity (1882) and the Obotritia Rostock fraternity (1919).
See also
List of Rectors of the University of Rostock
literature
- Magnus Schmid: Barfurth, Dietrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 588 ( digitized version ).
- Isolde Schmidt in: Angela Hartwig, Tilmann Schmidt (ed.): The Rectors of the University of Rostock - 1419–2000. (= Contributions to the history of Rostock University; issue 23). Universitätsdruckerei Rostock-Universitätsarchiv 2000, ISBN 3-86009-173-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Dietrich Barfurth in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Dietrich Barfurth in the state bibliography MV
- Entry on Dietrich Barfurth in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- Short biography of Dietrich Barfurth in the Biographical Lexicon of Outstanding Doctors of All Times and Nations "from 1888
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 31.
- ^ Heinrich Brömse: Federal Gazette of the Rostock Burschenschaft Obotritia . 7th year, issue 4. Rostock 1927, p. 45 .
- ^ Heinrich Bünsow: History and directory of the members of the fraternity Brunsviga zu Göttingen 1848–1933 , Göttingen 1933, p. 21 No. 306.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barfurth, Dietrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barfurth, Karl Dietrich Gerhard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician, anatomist, mathematician and two-time rector of the University of Rostock |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dinslaken |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1927 |
| Place of death | Rostock |