Franz Theophil Becker
Franz Theophil Becker (born March 2, 1902 in Gießen ; † February 27, 1996 in Schwaig near Nuremberg ) was a German orthopedist and university professor .
Life
Franz Becker studied after the Abitur medicine and received his doctorate in 1925 for Dr. med. After becoming a specialist in orthopedics, he was appointed head physician at the Wichernhaus Orthopedic Clinic (later Rummelsberger Anstalten der Innere Mission ) in Altdorf near Nuremberg in 1933 . The Friedrich-Alexander-University appointed him honorary professor in 1966 . Becker retired in 1969. His successor was his senior physician Heinz Wagner .
The surgeon Ernst Kern was one of Becker's students and friends since 1949 .
Becker had made a special contribution to the surgical treatment of hip diseases and bone tumors . Becker was a member of the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU) , of which he was president from 1956 to 1959.
In 1951 he successfully campaigned for the establishment of a private grammar school . To this end, he founded a school association, which he chaired as 1st chairman. The school later became the Leibniz Gymnasium Altdorf .
Honors
- Honorary Citizen of Altdorf near Nuremberg (1958)
- Bavarian Order of Merit (1959)
- Erich Lexer Prize (1984)
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , Cross of Merit 1st Class (1986)
- Knight of the Order of St. John
Publications (selection)
- Prevention in childhood and adolescence, orthopedics and old age, in: Handbuch der Orthopädie, Vol. I. Thieme, Stuttgart 1957.
- Physical disabilities , in: Public Health , Vol. 4. Thieme, Stuttgart 1962.
- Surgical treatment of tumors of the bones, joints and soft tissues of the supporting tissue , in: Therapy of malignant tumors, hemoblastomas and hemoblastoses: II . Enke, Stuttgart 1967.
- The conservative treatment of hip dysplasia and hip dislocation . Journal of Orthopedics 106 (1969).
literature
- Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar . Volume 1, 13th edition, De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1980, ISBN 3-11-007434-6 , p. 180.
- Who is who? 1994. ISBN 3-7950-2015-8 , p. 69.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender, Volume 3, 18th edition, Saur, Berlin, New York, 2001, ISBN 3-598-23603-4 , p. 3698
- ↑ Ernst Kern: Seeing - Thinking - Acting of a surgeon in the 20th century. ecomed, Landsberg am Lech 2000. ISBN 3-609-20149-5 , p. 30.
- ↑ Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Leibniz Gymnasium Altdorf in 2001
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Franz Theophil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orthopedist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | to water |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1996 |
| Place of death | Schwaig near Nuremberg |