Kurt Wagener

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Kurt Wagener (born October 31, 1898 in Elmshorn ; † August 21, 1976 in Hanover ) was a German veterinarian .

Life

Kurt Wagener studied veterinary medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover and received his license to practice medicine in 1922 . During his studies he became a member of the Association of German Students in Hanover . In 1923 he was with the work The diagnosis of blackleg at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover doctorate . After working, among other things, from 1924 to 1926 as an assistant at the State Research Institute Insel Riems, at the State Veterinary Investigation Office in Potsdam and at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Berlin , he received the Venia legendi in 1929 . In 1930/31 he was a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation in the United States . In 1932 he became head of the State Veterinary Investigation Office in Landsberg an der Warthe , in 1935 an associate professor at the University of Berlin , in 1936 a full professor and director of the Institute for Veterinary Hygiene. In 1938 he accepted an appointment at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover, where he headed the Hygiene Institute for three decades. In 1957 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . 1963/64 he was rector of the veterinary college. In 1967 he retired.

Awards

  • Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Great Cross of Merit of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit
  • Nieberle badge from the Baden-Württemberg Veterinary Association
  • 1953 honorary doctorate to Dr. med. hc by the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • Honorary Professor at the University of Madrid, Spain
  • Honorary Member of the Veterinary Societies of Great Britain, Japan, Portugal and the USA
  • In his birthplace Elmshorn there is the "Kurt-Wagener-Straße".

Fonts

  • The Tierärztliche Hochschule Berlin , Lindner Verlag 1931, together with Hans Dahmen
  • Fight of foot and mouth disease , Nalfag Verlag Berlin 1939
  • Guide to the course in veterinary microbiology , Schoertz Berlin 1941
  • Bovine tuberculosis and the milk hygiene situation in north-west German cities , Carl 1951, together with Hermann Eberhardt
  • Proposals and ways to combat abortion (Bang) in cattle , Schaper 1954, together with Richard Götze
  • The medical problem of the virus in the light of more recent findings , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1963
  • Course in veterinary microbiology , Paul Parey Berlin 6th edition, 1966
  • Tropical animal diseases and their control , 1970, ISBN 3-489-71616-7 , together with Eilhard Mitscherlich

literature

  • Gerber, Theophil: Personalities from agriculture and forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine - Biographisches Lexikon, NORA Berlin, 4th exp. Ed., 2014, p. 829
  • Boch: Professor Dr. Dr. hc K. Wagener 75 years. In: Berliner u. Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift (BMTW), 86, 1973, p. 400
  • Bisping: Professor Dr. Dr. hc Kurt Wagener died. In: Berliner u. Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift (BMTW), 89, 1976, pp. 369-370

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 237.
  2. ^ List of members Leopoldina, Kurt Wagener

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personal data
SURNAME Wagener, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German veterinarian, microbiologist, rector TiHo Hannover
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Elmshorn
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1976
Place of death Hanover