Karl Dammann (veterinarian)

Karl Dammann (born October 22, 1839 in Greifswald , † June 1, 1914 in Baden-Baden ; full name: Karl Johann Christian Dammann ) was a German veterinarian , university professor and specialist author. He was the father of the sculptor Hans Dammann .

Life

Karl Dammann studied veterinary medicine in Berlin, obtained his veterinary license in 1861 , became district veterinarian in Cottbus in 1863 and professor at the Agricultural Academy in Proskau in 1865 . After Moritz Fürstenberg's death , Dammann was appointed to the Royal State and Agricultural Academy Eldena in 1873 and, after its dissolution, to the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover in 1877 . In 1881 he was appointed director of the university and soon afterwards to the medical council.

From 1874 to 1881 he was President of the German Veterinary Council . In addition to numerous treatises in specialist journals, he wrote the work The health care of agricultural domestic mammals (Berlin 1883–1886).

From 1877 to 1879 he was a member of the National Liberal Party in the Prussian House of Representatives . There he represented the constituency of Stralsund 2 (Grimmen - Greifswald) as a member of parliament . In 1909 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

His grave is in the Engesohde city cemetery in Hanover . It is adorned with the sculpture of a grieving pilgrim by the hand of his son.

literature

Wilhelm Pschorr: Dammann, Karl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 500 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Literature by and about Karl Dammann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives 1867-1918. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , Volume 3.) (with the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne) Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 102.
↑ Thomas Kühne: Handbook of the elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867-1918. Election results, electoral alliances and election candidates. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , Volume 6.) Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 267-270.

personal data
SURNAME	Dammann, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dammann, Karl Johann Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German veterinarian, university professor and specialist author
DATE OF BIRTH	October 22, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greifswald
DATE OF DEATH	June 1, 1914
Place of death	Baden-Baden

[1] Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives 1867-1918. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , Volume 3.) (with the collaboration of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne) Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 102.

[2] Thomas Kühne: Handbook of the elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867-1918. Election results, electoral alliances and election candidates. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , Volume 6.) Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , pp. 267-270.