Erich Harnack
Erich Harnack (born September 28 . Jul / 10. October 1852 greg. In Tartu ; † 24. April 1915 in Halle an der Saale ) was a professor of pharmacology and physiological chemistry and led 35 years the Pharmacological Institute of the University of Halle .
Life
He was the son of the Dorpater professor of practical theology Theodosius Harnack , who was appointed to the University of Erlangen in 1853 , and the younger brother of the church historian Adolf Harnack and the mathematician Axel Harnack . The executed resistance fighter against National Socialism Arvid Harnack (1901–1942) and his brother Falk (1913–1991), director and also resistance fighter, were his nephews.
From 1869 he studied medicine at the University of Dorpat . There he was in 1873 with a thesis on the pathogenesis and therapy of diabetes mellitus doctorate and at the 1880 University of Leipzig habilitation. In October 1880 he was appointed to the University of Halle, where he taught until his death. The last years of his life were increasingly marked by illness, so that he often had to be represented in the lectures and could no longer go to the laboratory himself.
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Harnack made lasting contributions to the development of pharmacology in Central Germany . His numerous publications were of general importance for the medicine of his time.
Honors
- Order of the Red Eagle 3rd class
- Order of the Crown 3rd class
Works
- The doses of our official and newly introduced medicines, compiled as a guide for teaching and to facilitate practice. Niemeyer, Halle a. S 1891 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf .
- Pharmacological and therapeutic information about the Maxquelle , the arsenic source of Bad Dürkheim . Bergmann, Wiesbaden 1912 Digitized edition .
literature
- Martin Kochmann: Erich Harnack. In: Central German Life Pictures. 1. Volume Pictures of Life in the 19th Century. Magdeburg 1926, pp. 427-432.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Erich Harnack. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Biography in the professors' catalog of the University of Halle with portrait photo
- Album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harnack, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pharmacologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dorpat |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1915 |
| Place of death | Halle on the Saale |