Gottlieb Flückiger
Gottlieb Flückiger (born June 13, 1892 in Auswil ; † September 23, 1987 in Bern ), entitled to live in Auswil, was a Swiss veterinarian and university lecturer .
Life
Gottlieb Flückiger, son of the farmer Jakob Flückiger and Anna née Jost, pupil and high school graduate at the Burgdorf high school, then turned to studying veterinary medicine at the University of Bern , which he achieved with the academic degree of Dr. med. vet. completed.
Gottlieb Flückiger then worked as a practicing doctor and as a municipal veterinarian at the Bern slaughterhouse.In 1921 he joined the Federal Veterinary Office in Bern as a veterinary expert, where he was appointed vice president in 1927 and director in 1932, a position that he up to his retirement in 1957. At the same time, Flückiger completed his habilitation in 1932 as a private lecturer in epidemic science and animal disease police at the University of Bern, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1935 and retired in 1964 . Gottlieb Flückiger also held the office of President of the International Office of Epizootics in Paris from 1939 to 1949 . Since 1951 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
Gottlieb Flückiger's scientific commitment was in disease research and control, bacteriology , meat science , serology and the veterinary police. He made particular contributions to the fight against foot and mouth disease , brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis .
Gottlieb Flückiger, who was married twice, died in Bern in 1987 at the old age of 95.
Publications (selection)
- With Eduard Otto von Waldkirch: Eidgenössische Tierseuchengesetzgebung: Commentary on the Federal Act on the Control of Animal Diseases of June 13, 1917 and on the Implementation Ordinance on this Act of August 30, 1920, 2nd edition, Huber, Bern, 1935
- The Federal Vaccine Institute in Basel, Huber, Bern, 1945
- With Walter Hofmann: The reproductive disorders of cattle and their elimination, Huber, Bern, 1945
literature
- Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar . Volume 1, 13th edition, De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1980, ISBN 3-110-07434-6 , pages 921, 922.
- Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 3, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, 1996 ISBN 3-598-23163-6 . Page 355, 356.
- Dietrich von Engelhardt (ed.): Biographical encyclopedia of German-speaking doctors. Volume 1: A - Q. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11462-1 . Page 180.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gottlieb Flückiger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Therese Steffen Gerber: Flückiger, Gottlieb. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter F. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 14, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flückiger, Gottlieb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss veterinarian and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Exit |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1987 |
| Place of death | Bern |