Leopold Rütimeyer
Leopold Rütimeyer (* 1856 in Basel ; † 1932 ) was a Swiss physician, ethnographer and professor at the University of Basel .
He studied in Basel as well as in Leipzig , Berlin and Vienna . In 1881 he received his doctorate in Basel, where he also completed his habilitation in internal medicine in 1887 . From 1907 he was an associate professor.
In addition to his profession as a medical doctor, he studied ethnography and prehistory . The Swiss physician and anatomist Ludwig Rütimeyer was his father. In 1884 he married Charlotte Rosina Lindt.
Fonts
- L. Rütimeyer-Lindt: Valley and mountain trips on the Sinai Peninsula. In: Swiss Yearbook. Alpine Club. Volume 25, 1890, pp. 241–280 ( Archives )
- Leopold Rütimeyer (Ed.): Ludwig Rütimeyer. Letters and diary sheets. Huber & Co., Frauenfeld 1906 ( archive )
- Original ethnography of Switzerland. Their relics to the present day with prehistoric and ethnographic parallels. In: Writings of the Swiss Society for Folklore XVI, Basel 1924
literature
- Werner Stöcklin: The Basel doctor Leopold Rütimeyer (1856–1932) and his contribution to ethnology. (Medical dissertation Basel 1961) B. Schwabe, Basel and Stuttgart 1961 (= Basel publications on the history of medicine and biology , 11).
Web links
- Literature by and about Leopold Rütimeyer in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rütimeyer, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss physician, ethnographer and university lecturer, professor at the University of Basel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1932 |