Georg Edmund Then

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Georg Edmund Dann (born July 22, 1898 in Brüssow , † September 11, 1979 in Göttingen ) was a German pharmacist and pharmacy historian.

Life

Then was born the son of a pharmacist in Brüssow in the Uckermark . After studying pharmacy in Marburg , Berlin and Rostock , he took over the 'Adler Pharmacy' in Zehden ( Cedynia ) as a tenant and later owner . He stayed there until his escape in February 1945 and was then sent to Schleswig-Holstein. There he was able to open his own new 'Adler Pharmacy' in Kronshagen in 1948 and at the same time took on a teaching position for the history of pharmacy at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) . From the 'Library for the History of Medicine, Pharmacy and Natural Sciences' established there, the Institute for the History of Medicine and Pharmacy was established in 1962 . It should include “recognition of the history of pharmacy as a fully valid teaching and research subject”. Due to his scientific work and his services in the establishment of a pharmacy-historical research facility at the CAU, he was appointed honorary professor in 1963 . After his teaching post expired in 1965, he officially remained head of the Pharmaceutical History Department until 1969.

Then in 1926 he was a co-founder of the Society for the History of Pharmacy. After the Second World War in 1947 he was the engine of renewal and for many years president of the society under the name International Society for the History of Pharmacy . In 1952 he was the initiator of the Académie Internationale d'Histoire de la Pharmacie . He is referred to in specialist circles as a pioneer and the "nestor of pharmacy historiography".

As an autodidact , he has published over 400 publications on the subject of pharmacy history, including articles on the history of individual pharmacies, pharmacists and pharmacist families, pharmacopoeias, biographical studies and political issues. It was in 1957 in Paris with a dissertation on Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) for Dr. pharm. PhD . From 1952 to 1978 he was the editor and author of the Pharmaziegeschichtliche Rundschau and the articles on the history of pharmacy. In 1979 Georg Dann was awarded the Winkler badge as a special edition in silver in recognition of his services .

literature

  • Rötz, Thomas: Georg Edmund Dann (1898–1979): Life and work of a pharmacy historian in the 20th century. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 2012. ISBN 978-3-8047-3113-4 .
  • Friedrich, Chistoph a. Wolf-Dieter Müller-Jahncke: From the early modern era to the present . In: R. Schmitz (Ed.): History of Pharmacy . tape 2 . Eschborn 2005, ISBN 978-3-7741-1027-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Society for the History of Pharmacy , accessed on February 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Société d'Histoire de la Pharmacie: Internationale d'Histoire de la Pharmacie.Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ Meyer, Klaus: The honors of the Society for the History of Pharmacy (founded in 1926) and its successor companies International / German / Society for the History of Pharmacy (IGGP / DGGP) . In: Geschichte der Pharmazie 60th Volume No. 4 December 2008, pp. (66–74) 69.
personal data
SURNAME Then, Georg Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and pharmacy historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruessow
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1979
Place of death Goettingen , Germany