Heinrich Frey (doctor)
Johann Friedrich Heinrich Konrad Frey (born June 15, 1822 in Frankfurt am Main , † January 17, 1890 in Oberstrass , today Zurich ) was a Swiss doctor, anatomist and zoologist.
Heinrich Frey studied 1840-45 in Vienna , Bonn , Berlin and Goettingen Medicine , was at the latter university assistant in the physiological Institute and in 1848 professor of histology and comparative anatomy in Zurich, where he also professor of zoology at the Polytechnic School took over. In a textbook first published in 1859, he combined histology with histochemistry. Frey is one of the first microlepidopterists in Germany.
Works (selection)
- Textbook of Zootomy (Anatomy of Animals) by Rudolf Wagner, the 2nd volume, which deals with invertebrate animals (with Rudolf Leuckart , Leipz. 1847);
- Contributions to the knowledge of invertebrates (with Leuckart, Braunschw. 1847);
- Human histology and histochemistry (Leipzig 1859, 5th edition 1875);
- The microscope and microscopic technology (8th edition, Leipzig 1886);
- Basic features of histology (3rd edition, Leipzig. 1885);
- The Tineen and Pterophoren of Switzerland (Zurich 1856);
- The Lepidoptera of Switzerland (Leipz. 1880)
He published numerous entomological works in the Linnaea entomologica and in connection with Stainton in London, also in the journal of the Swiss Entomological Society, of which he was repeated president.
literature
- Wilhelm Hess : Frey, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, p. 742 f.
- Gisela Mauermayer : Frey, Johann Friedrich Heinrich Konrad. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 417 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Verena Rominger-Bolliger: Heinrich Frey 1822 - 1890; Microscopist and entomologist in Zurich . (Zurich medical history treatises; No. 242) Dietikon: Juris-Dr. and Verlag 1992. ISBN 3-260-05325-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Frey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heinz Balmer : Frey, Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Overview of the courses taught by Heinrich Frey (medical doctor) at the University of Zurich (winter semester 1848 to winter semester 1889)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frey, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frey, Johann Friedrich Heinrich Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss doctor, anatomist and zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1890 |
| Place of death | Oberstrasse |