Johann Gottlieb Walter

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Johann Gottlieb Walter (born July 1, 1734 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † January 3, 1818 in Berlin ) was a German anatomist .

Life

Walter studied medicine at the Albertus University and the Charité in Berlin. There he learned the process of manufacturing injection preparations from Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn . In 1757 he received his doctorate from the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt as Dr. med.

In 1760 he became a prosector and associate professor of anatomy at the midwifery school in Berlin under Johann Friedrich Meckel . After Meckel's death, he succeeded him in 1774 as a professor at the Institute and was until his death on Collegium medico-chirurgicum hired.

In December 1773 he was accepted as a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . On May 1, 1794, he was elected to the Royal Society . Since 1808 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

In 1803 he founded an anatomical museum with 3,300 objects, which the Prussian state bought from Walter and made the basis of the famous anatomical-zootomic museum of the Berlin University. Walter and his son Friedrich August Walter published the catalog of this collection in 1796 under the title "Anatomisches Museum" . Except for 50 specimens, the collection was destroyed in the bombing of Berlin during World War II; 49 came to the permanent exhibition of the Berlin Medical History Museum in 2006 , one stayed in the Anatomical Institute of the Charité .

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  1. ^ Members of the previous academies. Johann Gottlieb Walter. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on June 25, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Walter, Johann Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anatomist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1734
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg i. Pr.
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1818
Place of death Berlin