Emil Dursy
Emil Dursy (born April 5, 1828 in Grünstadt , † March 17, 1878 in Tübingen ) was a German physician and zoologist.
Life
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Emil Dursy, son of the school principal Andreas Dursy, first attended the Latin school in Bad Dürkheim , then the grammar school in Zweibrücken and finally studied medicine in Munich and Heidelberg. In Munich he became active in the Corps Isaria in 1847 , in Heidelberg he became a member of the Corps Suevia Heidelberg in 1848 . In 1856 he became a prosector and professor of anatomy at the University of Tübingen . He was one of the first researchers to study human embryonic development . In addition to his medical publications, he also published as a specialist zoology author on snakes in Germany. In 1869 he became a member of the Leopoldina . In 1875, Dursy was discussed as the successor to the late director of the Tübingen Anatomy Department, Hubert von Luschka , but was ignored in view of his already very poor state of health.
literature
- Armin Danco: The Yellow Book of the Corps Suevia zu Heidelberg, 3rd edition (members 1810–1985), Heidelberg 1985, No. 392
- Klaus D. Mörike: History of the Tübingen Anatomy , Franz Steiner Verlag, 1988, p. 59 ff. ( Digitized version )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Annual report on the status of the Latin School and the Realcursus in Dürkheim an der Haardt: 1835/36 , Neustadt, 1836, p. 7; (Digital scan)
- ^ Annual report on the Royal High School and the Latin School in Zweibrücken , Zweibrücken, 1845, p. 21; (Digital scan)
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 109 , 303
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 67 , 392 (there still wrongly called "Min.Rat aD, Munich. † 1906")
- ^ History of the anatomy of the University of Tübingen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dursy, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic and zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grünstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1878 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |