Johann Heinrich de Chaufepié
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Johann Heinrich de Chaufepié , actually Jean Henry de Chaufepié (born November 3, 1773 in Hamburg ; † March 20, 1855 there ) was a German doctor and founder of the Medical Association of Hamburg and its library .
Life
De Chaufepié came from a Huguenot family who first found refuge in Holland and then in Hamburg. His grandfather was the preacher of the French Reformed community in Altona Samuel Simon de Chaufepié; his father the doctor and midwifery teacher Pierre Samuel de Chaufepié (1730–1784). His two sisters Marie Henriette Emilie de Chaufepié (* October 18, 1774; † 1795) and Friederike Henriette de Chaufepié (* November 19, 1778; † December 18, 1869) were married one after the other to the pharmacist Georg Eimbke .
He attended Gelehrtenschule the Johanneum in Hamburg and the High School Karl in Stuttgart , studied human medicine and surgery at the University of Halle and was here on September 23, 1794 a dissertation on American yellow fever Dr. med. PhD. Then he settled in Hamburg as a general practitioner. His practice soon became one of the most brilliant that Hamburg had to offer .
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An appeal from him in January 1816 gave the impetus to found the Hamburg Medical Association, its library and the aid fund for doctors in need . In 1818 he was appointed a member of the medical examination commission in Hamburg.
De Chaufepié was a member or honorary member of numerous societies:
- 1797 honorary member of the Sydenham Society in Halle
- 1804 foreign member of the Royal Danish Medical Society in Copenhagen
- 1820 member of the medical society in Colombia
- 1823 corresponding member of the medical-surgical society in Berlin
- 1829 corresponding member of the Swedish Medical Society
- 1839 corresponding member of the pharmacists' association in northern Germany.
His 50th anniversary as a doctor was celebrated at the meeting of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors in Bremen in September 1844. Another celebration took place in Hamburg on October 4, 1844. A deputation from the medical association brought him a diploma, which made him honorary president of the association, and a medal with his portrait, which the association had made.
His son Hermann de Chaufepié (* 1801) also became a doctor in Hamburg.
Johann Heinrich de Chaufepié is commemorated on the collective grave plaque Doctors of the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery, Ohlsdorf Cemetery .
Fonts
- Historia Febris Flavae Americanae: Specimen Inaugurale. Hall 1794, 10172335 in VD 18 . ( Digitized version )
literature
- Hermann Gustav Gernet: Communications from the older medicinal history of Hamburg. Cultural-historical sketch on a documentary and historical basis. Mauke & Sons, Hamburg 1869, p. 357, digitized
- Hans Schröder (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Hamburg writers up to the present. Volume 1. Hamburg 1851, p. 521 f.
Portraits
- Friedrich Rosäßler, undated, 48.7 × 36.6 cm, copper engraving (?), Portrait collection of the Hamburg State and University Library, online .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to Pierre Samuel de Chaufepié in the Lexicon of Hamburg writers online
- ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung 1855, p. 1507
- ^ Lutz Ruffert: Medals Hamburg 1549-2009. ISBN 978-3-86646-806-1 , p. 75 No. 8442 with illus.
- ↑ Entry ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to Hermann de Chaufepié in the Lexicon of Hamburg writers online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chaufepié, Johann Heinrich de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chaufepié, Jean Henry de (original name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and founder of the Medical Association Hamburg and its library |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1855 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |