Heinz Jaeger

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Werner Karl-Heinz Adolf Jaeger , also hunter (born May 8, 1924 in Grafenhausen ) is a German doctor and philatelist .

biography

From 1943 Jaeger studied medicine in Freiburg im Breisgau , where he joined the Corps Suevia Freiburg . He took part in World War II and passed his state examination in 1950. He later worked as a senior physician at the Lörrach district hospital . As a specialist in internal diseases , he opened his own practice in Lörrach in 1963.

philately

Jaeger was President of the Association of German Philatelists (BDPh) from 1973 to 1991 and has been its Honorary President since then. Since 1968 he has also been a member of the Foundation for the Promotion of Philately and Postal History, and from 1973 to 1991 also its long-term president. During his tenure as President of the BDPh he succeeded in increasing the reputation of the BDPh at home and abroad. As a leading BDPh functionary he was u. a. also member of the program advisory board of DBP / Deutsche Post (1972–2002) and member of the art advisory board (1970–1972). Since 1987 he has been included in the British Roll of Distinguished Philatelists . In 2014, an anthology of his speeches was published in honor of his 90th birthday.

Awards

literature

Wolfgang Maassen (Ed.): Dr. Heinz Jaeger. A life for philately , Chronik der Deutschen Philatelie, special volume 9, Schwalmtal 2014, ISBN 978-3-928277-35-8

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Rüther, list of members of the Corps Suevia zu Freiburg im Breisgau 1815-2010 , Freiburg 2010, p. 196
  2. ↑ Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011 , Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust , London, 2011. Archived here.
personal data
SURNAME Jaeger, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaeger, Werner Karl-Heinz Adolf; Hunter, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and philatelist
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Grafenhausen