Gustav Korkhaus

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Gustav Korkhaus (born January 4, 1895 in Cologne , † June 16, 1978 in Bonn ) was a German dentist .

Career

After attending the secondary and secondary school in Cologne (matriculation examination 1914) and military service (1914 to 1918), Korkhaus studied dentistry in Berlin and Bonn, where he received his doctorate degree in June 1921. med. dent. was awarded a doctorate (subject: “About the elevated canine position”). From 1927 to 1934 he was, brought about by his teacher Alfred Kantorowicz , head of the orthodontic department of the municipal school dental clinic in Bonn, after his habilitation on the subject of "On the influence of genetic material on the development of the dentition" in 1929 initially private lecturer , from 1935 on non-scheduled and "denazified “(And already suggested by Kantorowicz in his place in 1946) from 1948 full professor at the University of Bonn and director of the university dental, oral and maxillofacial clinic, whose new building on Wilhelmsplatz was inaugurated in 1960 (Korkhaus' teacher Kantorowicz was present as a guest of honor ). In 1945 he submitted his dissertation in human medicine ( on the changes in the dentition and facial skull in acromegaly ). On May 1, 1966, Korkhaus retired. The number of his publications is about 220.

Private

Since 1925 he was born with Margot Korkhaus. Sprengholz married.

Offices

From 1937 to 1966 he was president of the German Society for Orthodontics.

He went on numerous lecture and study trips to many countries.

Honors

  • 1953 member of the Leopoldina
  • 1955: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1958: Gold Medal for Science from the University of Asunción (Paraguay)
  • 1959: Officer's Cross of the “Palmes academiques” Paris
  • 1962: Silver Médaille de la Ville de Paris
  • 1966: Officer's Cross of the French Order of Merit

Honorary professor at nine foreign universities

26 honorary memberships of foreign scientific societies

collection

The dental history collection at the Center for Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine at the University of Bonn, started by him, is called the Gustav Korkhaus Collection. It is led by the private lecturer Ernst-Heinrich Helfgen.

literature

  • German Society for Orthodontics: Advances in Orthodontics, Volume 39, Pages 261, 264, Urban & Vogel, 1978
  • Michael Urban: Gustav Korkhaus †: 4.1.1895–16.6.1978 , In: Advances in Orthodontics , Vol. 39, Number 4, pp. 261–264
  • Walter Wesemann: Gustav Korkhaus, his life - his work. - Bonn, Univ., Diss., 1987
  • Herbert Kremer and Hubertus Büchs: History of the clinic and polyclinic for dental, oral and maxillary diseases of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn , Bonn 1967, pp. 173-178

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dominik Groß : Alfred Kantorowicz - trailblazer in dental care for young people (= trailblazer in dentistry. 13). In: Dental communications. Issue 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Herbert Kremer, Hubertus Büchs: History of the clinic and polyclinic for mouth, tooth and jaw diseases of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn. Bonn 1969, p. 165.
  3. ↑ Eckart Roloff and Karin Henke-Wendt: Pedal drills, pliers, bit models - and pelicans without a zoo. (The Gustav Korkhaus Collection for the History of Dentistry) In: Visit your doctor or pharmacist. A tour through Germany's museums for medicine and pharmacy. Volume 1, Northern Germany. S. Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart 2015, pp. 112-113, ISBN 978-3-7776-2510-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Korkhaus, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dentist
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1978
Place of death Bonn