Friedrich August Lehr
Friedrich August Lehr (born October 16, 1771 in Wiesbaden ; † March 5, 1831 ibid) was a German spa doctor and privy councilor .
Life
Lehr was born the son of a Nassau court judge. From 1791 he studied medicine at the University of Marburg , where he received his doctorate in 1794 on De carbone vegetabili . After his return to Wiesbaden he practiced as a doctor at the city's civil and general hospital. At the same time he was the personal physician of Duke Wilhelm I of Nassau . Later Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited him .
In 1799, Lehr gave the suggestion for a well treatment with a description of the city's warm mineral springs .
In 1808 he was appointed Privy Councilor . From 1815 he acted as chief medical officer and was a full member of the Nassau state government. From 1818 he worked as a bath and fountain doctor.
Lehr was buried in the cemetery at the Heidenmauer in Wiesbaden.
Honors
Seven years after his death, a street in the northern inner city of Wiesbaden was named after Lehr. ▼
source
- Otto Renkhoff: Nassau biography. Wiesbaden, 1992
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehr, Friedrich August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and privy councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1831 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |