Eugen von Hippel

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Eugene v. Hippel

Eugen Adolf Arthur von Hippel (born August 3, 1867 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † September 5, 1939 in Göttingen ) was a German ophthalmologist.

origin

Eugen von Hippel was the offspring of a respected old East Prussian family of officials and scholars. His parents were Arthur von Hippel (1841-1916) and his wife Olga Magnus (1846-1900). The German criminal law scholar Robert von Hippel (1866–1951) was his brother.

Life

Eugen von Hippel studied medicine at the Hessian Ludwig University and the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . At the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg he was a student of Wilhelm Erb and Theodor Leber . During his studies in Gießen in 1884 he became a member of the academic society Das Kloster . In 1889 he received his doctorate in Göttingen . Four years later he completed his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg and in 1909 accepted a professorship for ophthalmology in Halle . After his retirement he took over the corresponding chair of his father Arthur von Hippel (1841-1916) in Göttingen, which he held until his penultimate year.

family

In 1894 in Heidelberg he married Gertrud Winkelmann (1874–1961), a daughter of the professor of history Eduard Winkelmann (1838–1896). The couple had a son and two daughters:

  • Else (1895–1980) ∞ Albert Wigand (1882–1932), professor of meteorology
  • Helene († 1994) ∞ Hans Chemin-Petit (1902–1981), professor at the Musikhochschule in Berlin

Honors

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Black Ring. Membership directory. Darmstadt 1930, p. 23.
  2. ↑ tombstone
personal data
SURNAME Hippel, Eugen von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg i. Pr.
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1939
Place of death Goettingen