Fritz Schenck
Friedrich Wilhelm Julius "Fritz" Schenck (born August 14, 1862 in Siegen , † March 22, 1916 in Marburg ) was a German physiologist .
Life
Friedrich Wilhelm Julius, called "Fritz", Schenck, one of four sons of the doctor Martin Schenck and his wife Johanna geb. Dressler, studied in Bonn and Marburg. In 1887 he received his doctorate in Bonn with the dissertation on the critique of urea determination according to Plehn and was assistant to Eduard Pflüger at the Physiological Institute of the University of Bonn. In 1889 he completed his habilitation in Bonn. A year later he switched to Adolf Fick at the Würzburg University. In 1899 he was appointed associate professor in Würzburg. In 1901 he switched to the full professorship for physiology at the University of Marburg. In 1911/12 he was rector of the University of Marburg. He died as a result of a war suffering.
His brothers were the botanists Adolf Schenck and Heinrich Schenck and the biochemist Martin Schenck .
Act
The main area of teaching and research was muscle and sensory physiology. Schenck introduced a new method for determining blood sugar .
On July 20, 1908, he was registered under the registration number. 3258 accepted as a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina in the Physiology section .
Fonts
- Physiological internship . Enke, Stuttgart 1895 ( digitized version )
- with August Gürber : Guide to Human Physiology , 1897 (several new editions)
- Physiological characteristics of the cell . Stuber, Würzburg 1899 ( digitized version )
swell
- Who's who in Science (international), 1913, p. 437
- Franz Tuzeck: Obituary Fritz Schenck, In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies, 1917
- August Gürber: Obituary Fritz Schenck, In: Results of Physiology, Biological Chemistry and Experimental Pharmacology, Volume 19, Springer 1921, pp. Vii-xix.
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Schenck in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Marburg professor catalog online
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in: "Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie" (DBE), p. 812
- ↑ Gerhard Aumüller: "The Marburg Medical Faculty in the" Third Reich "", Saur 2001, p. 437
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schenck, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schenck, Friedrich Wilhelm Julius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wins |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1916 |
| Place of death | Marburg |