Gerhard Piekarski

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Gerhard Otto Felix Piekarski (born October 5, 1910 in Berlin ; † October 9, 1992 ) was a German physician and parasitologist .

Life

Piekarski studied from 1930 at the University of Berlin and received his doctorate there in 1935. He then stayed there as a research assistant. From 1942 Piekarski was a councilor of the Reich Health Office in Berlin-Dahlem, and since 1943 private lecturer at the University of Bonn .

After the war, Piekarski became Professor of Medical Parasitology and Microbiology there in 1949 , a year later head of department at the Hygiene Institute, and full professor in 1963.

Services

Piekarski conducted research in the fields of parasitologists and microbiologists, particularly toxoplasmosis . In 1954 he published the textbook on parasitology with a special focus on human parasites . He was also co-editor of the magazine for parasite science in the archive for microbiology.

The German Society for Parasitology awards the Gerhard Piekarski Prize for a special doctoral thesis in the field of parasitology. The award goes back to a foundation established by Piekarski.

Honors and memberships

literature

  • HM Seitz et al: To Gerhard Piekarski on the occasion of his 75th birthday. In: Journal of Parasitic Studies. 71, 1985, ISSN  0044-3255 , pp. 565-566, online (PDF; 241 kB) .
  • Obituary. Prof. Dr. phil. Gerhard Piekarski. October 5, 1910 - October 9, 1992. In: Biology in our time. 23, 1, 1993, ISSN  0045-205X , pp. 10-11.
  • Florian Stader: History of Parasitology at the University of Bonn (Bonn: Diss. Med. 1986).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerhard Piekarski: Textbook of Parasitology with special consideration of the parasites of humans. Heidelberg / Berlin / Göttingen 1954.
personal data
SURNAME Piekarski, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piekarski, Gerhard Otto Felix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic and parasitologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1992