Heinrich Friedrich Delius
Heinrich Friedrich Delius (born July 8, 1720 in Wernigerode , † October 22, 1791 in Erlangen ) was a German medic .
Life
Heinrich Friedrich Delius was the son of pastor Jakob Delius and his wife Sophie Elisabeth Schütz. His brother was the future mayor of Wernigerode Jakob Heinrich Delius .
Delius studied medicine at the Universities of Halle and Berlin . In 1743 he successfully completed this course with a doctorate. In the same year Delius settled as a practicing doctor in Wernigerode. On May 20, 1746 Heinrich Friedrich Delius with the academic surname Democedes II was accepted as a member ( matriculation number 545 ) in the Leopoldina .
A year later he was appointed court medicus and assistant to the city physician in Bayreuth . Two years later, in 1749, he accepted a position at the University of Erlangen . There he taught a. a. Botany and various subjects. Against some resistance from the college, Delius introduced "chemistry" as a separate academic subject at the University of Erlangen.
In 1752 Delius married Barbara Margarethe Besserer in Erlangen. With her he had two daughters and three sons.
When Ferdinand Jakob Baier died in 1788 , the Leopoldina elected Delius as his successor as its new president. In the same year Delius was transferred to the nobility.
From 1778 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In March 1791 he became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .
Heinrich Friedrich Delius died on October 22, 1791 in Erlangen at the age of 71.
Fonts
- Draft of an explanation of the German laws, especially the Reichs farewells from the Arzeneygel truth and nature theory. Müller, Erlangen 1753. Digitized
- Franconian collections of notes from the theory of nature, Arzney knowledge and economics (1.1755 - 8.1788)
- New Short, Safe, and Easy Way to Heal People Affected by Anger (1759)
- From Prussian Blue and the Blood Lye (1778)
literature
- Friedrich Börner: News of the noblest living conditions and writings, famous doctors and naturalists living now in and around Germany . Wolfenbüttel 1749, pp. 52–60 ( digitized version )
- Eduard Jacobs, August Hirsch: Delius, Heinrich Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 40 f.
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 219 digitized
- Horst Zoske: Delius, Heinrich Friedrich von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 586 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Friedrich Delius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Member entry of Heinrich Friedrich von Delius (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 31, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry of Heinrich Friedrich von Delius at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 25, 2017.
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Heinrich Friedrich Delius. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed August 26, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delius, Heinrich Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Democedes II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1720 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wernigerode , Harz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1791 |
| Place of death | gain |