Kurt Scheer
Walter Kurt Scheer (born September 13, 1888 in Willstätt ; † 1963 ) was a German pediatrician .
Career
Scheer came as the son of the doctor Hans Scheer and Maria Scheer, geb. King, to the world. He passed the Abitur at a humanistic grammar school and studied medicine in Strasbourg, Heidelberg and Kiel. During his studies he became a member of the Academic-Musical Association Alt-Straßburg Freiburg (in the Association of Special Houses ). He spent his assistantship at the Pathological Institute and the Hygiene Institute in Strasbourg and at the University Children's Hospital in Frankfurt am Main.
After his habilitation he was a private lecturer in Frankfurt from 1922 and was appointed associate professor there in 1927. He was head of the municipal children's home and head of the Böttgerstrasse hospital.
The scientific focus of his work was the fight against rickets by irradiating milk.
Honors
- 1952: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 4th edition (1931).
- Handbook of German Science: Vol. 2: Biographical Directory. - Berlin: Koetschau, 1949
- Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German Who's Who - Berlin: Arani, 1955
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book. Membership directory of all old men. As of October 1, 1937. Hanover 1937, p. 66.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheer, Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scheer, Walter Kurt (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pediatrician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Willstätt , Baden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1963 |