Joseph Berres (anatomist)

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Josef von Berres, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1833

Joseph Berres , Edler von Perez from 1842 (born March 18, 1796 in Göding , † December 24, 1844 in Vienna ), was an Austrian doctor and anatomist .

Life

Resting place of Josef von Berres in Weyer
Resting place of Josef von Berres in Weyer

Born the son of a surgeon. He began his career as a bathing assistant and then studied surgery in Vienna. At the age of 21 he was already professor of anatomy in Lviv without having completed a regular course of study . In 1830 he was appointed to the University of Vienna . His scientific work gave him a European reputation. It gained particular importance through the introduction of the microscope into anatomical research. He was also concerned with the further development of the daguerreotype . So he invented a process to reproduce daguerreotypes by printing. In 1834 the University of Vienna awarded him the title of Dr. hc 1842 he was ennobled as a nobleman by Perez . In 1844 he died of a heart condition. His final resting place is in Weyer in a chapel in the Am Kreuzberg district.

His son Josef Berres went through a military career and retired as major general in 1867 . He then began studying painting with Karl Theodor von Piloty in Munich and became a well-known genre painter.

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SURNAME Berres, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berres Edler von Perez, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian doctor and anatomist
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Goeding
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1844
Place of death Vienna