Karl Albrecht Wiedeburg

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Karl Albrecht Wiedeburg (born October 9, 1788 in Helmstedt ; † January 12, 1812 ibid) was a German teacher , natural scientist and physician .

Life

Karl Albrecht Wiedeburg was born in Helmstedt in 1788 as the son of the pedagogue Friedrich August Wiedeburg , whose pedagogy he attended. He developed a penchant for natural sciences at an early age, which he continued to pursue after graduating from Helmstedt School. In 1805 he switched to studying anatomy at the Brunswick Collegium Carolinum . From 1806 he studied medicine, philosophy , philology and mathematics at the University of Helmstedt , where he became a member of the philosophical seminar and the German society. Wiedeburg became a teacher at the Helmstedter Pedagogy in November 1806, where he taught Latin, geography and natural history. In 1809 he was promoted to Dr. med. , Subsequent to doctor of philosophy PhD . He then deepened his studies at the University of Göttingen . He returned to his hometown, resumed teaching there and at the same time ran a medical practice. In 1811, Wiedeburg was appointed professor of natural history at the Lyceum in Warsaw . He could no longer take up this activity because he became seriously ill and died in Helmstedt in January 1812 at the age of 23.

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SURNAME Wiedeburg, Karl Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, natural scientist and physician
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Helmstedt
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1812
Place of death Helmstedt