Heinrich Gottfried Grimm
Heinrich Gottfried Grimm (born June 21, 1804 in Sargstedt near Halberstadt , † December 24, 1884 in Berlin ) was a Prussian-German medic and military doctor who was instrumental in the development of the Prussian military medical system.
Life
Grimm received his medical training from 1821 to 1825 at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin . Then he served for a year in the Charité hospital. During the Polish uprising in 1830, he ran a light field hospital. In 1831 he became a medical officer ; In 1832 he was chief of French and Dutch hospitals during the bombardment of Antwerp . In 1835 he was regimental physician in Potsdam , in 1838 senior staff physician and at the same time as sub-director with the management of the military medical training institutions in Berlin.
In 1840 Grimm became the personal physician of Friedrich Wilhelm IV , in 1844 general physician , in 1847 second, in 1851 first general staff physician and head of the military medical department. In this position he made great contributions to the development of the Prussian army medical service for almost three decades, which he provided with complete training and organization through a series of comprehensive reforms.
On February 2, 1861, King Wilhelm I appointed him first personal physician. On the drafting of the regulations on the medical service in the field (1855), the regulations on the service of the medical care in the field (1863), the instruction on the medical service of the army in the field (1869), the ordinance on the organization of the medical corps (1873) and the War Ordinance (1878) he played an outstanding part. In 1879, at his request, he was retired because of a serious eye condition while retaining his position as the emperor's first personal physician.
Grimm was a member of the Berlin Freemason Lodge Friedrich Wilhelm zur Morgenröthe and at times its master of the chair .
Heinrich Gottfried Grimm died on Christmas Eve 1884 at the age of 80 in Berlin and was buried in the old St. Matthew Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.
literature
- Brockhaus 1908, Volume 8, Leipzig 1908.
- Paul Wätzold, master list of the Kaiser Wilhelms-Akademie for military medical education , Appendix page 4 (partial view) , Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 3662344831
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 302.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grimm, Heinrich Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military doctor in Prussia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sargstedt near Halberstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1884 |
| Place of death | Berlin |