Heinrich Wilhelm Buek

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Heinrich Wilhelm Buek (born April 10, 1796 in Hamburg ; † February 10, 1879 there ) was a German doctor and botanist . His botanical author abbreviation is " H.Buek ".

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Buek was the third son of the Hamburg insurance broker Caspar Heinrich Buek. His mother was Friederike Marie Henriette, née Vogt. Heinrich Wilhelm Buek first attended the Ruetesche preparatory institute and from 1811 the learned school of the Johanneum . In the same year he made his first botanical studies and built a herbarium in Johannes Flüggé's botanical garden on the Alster , which was destroyed during the Hamburg French era in 1813. In 1814 Buek studied anatomical, physiological and surgical questions at the general hospital with Johann Jacob August Ritter. In 1815 he assisted as a surgeon during the campaign against Napoleon .

From Easter 1816 he studied in Berlin, from 1816 at the University of Halle . From September 1818 to 1819 he assisted Peter Krukenberg , who headed a private internal laboratory. On March 2, 1819, he received his doctorate in medicine and surgery. Buek then returned to Hamburg, where he worked as a general practitioner from November 1819. In addition, he devoted himself to botanical studies and from 1821 taught privately deaf children. In 1823 he got a job at the Masonic Hospital, continued the education of deaf children and in 1826 founded the Hamburg institution for the deaf and dumb. Since 1823 Buek researched cholera , dealt with meteorological issues and worked as a garrison doctor from 1830.

On November 15, 1833, the Hamburg Senate elected him a Land Physicus. In this function, Buek organized the medical service in the Geestlanden, Barmbek , Hamm , Horn , the forest villages , the marshland and the suburbs of Hamburg, which he divided into fixed areas. He organized the settlement of surgeons and midwives who had been examined by him and initiated the settlement of pharmacies. He also oversaw the veterinary sector. Buek was mostly involved in administrative work.

Wilhelm Buek , Collective grave plate Physici , Ohlsdorf cemetery

He held the office of city ​​physician from 1851 to 1871. As the oldest doctor, he presided over all medical committees of the health council. In addition, he prepared medical and judicial reports and monitored epidemics. He explained the spread of cholera in terms of the miasm theory and thus rejected large-scale quarantine measures .

Buek had been a member of the Freemason Lodge Absalom since 1820 , and from 1847 to 1872 he headed the Great Lodge of Hamburg and the merger of the five Hamburg lodges as Grand Master . He gave Freemasonry new impetus, proposed the establishment of a German Grand Lodge Association and was committed to the admission of Jews into the Freemasonry Association.

Buek had been married to Charlotte Adelaide Schiff, daughter of a bookseller, since 1824.

In the Ohlsdorf cemetery , Heinrich Wilhelm Buek is remembered on the collective grave plate Physici of the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery.

Honors

The Proteaceaeen species Diastella buekii is named after Heinrich Wilhelm Buek . The Buekweg in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf was named not after Heinrich Wilhelm Buek, but after his cousin, Gustav Buek .

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  1. ^ Foundation for the deaf and dumb institution. Hamburg.de, accessed on May 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Buek, Heinrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES H.Buek (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1879
Place of death Hamburg