List of teachers at the University of Leipzig

In the 600 years that the University of Leipzig has existed, a large number of outstanding personalities have taught at it. See also category: University teachers (Leipzig) and the professor catalog of the University of Leipzig.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Eberhard Ackerknecht , veterinarian, professor 1933–1945
• Albrecht Alt , Old Testament scholar, Palestinian scholar

B.

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , composer
• Friedrich von Basse , constitutional lawyer 1952/1953
• Erich Bauereisen , physician 1951–1959
• Hermann Beenken , art historian 1932–1949
• Herbert Beckert , mathematician 1949–1986
• Inge Baxmann , theater scholar
• Hermann Wolfgang Beyer , theologian (1936–1940)
• Rolf Bertolini , physician (1927-2006)
• Christian Gottlob Biener , lawyer
• Volker Bigl , brain researcher, 1942–2005, rector 1997/2003
• Ernst Bloch , philosopher, 1948–1957
• Karl Binding , lawyer, 1841–1920, rector 1909
• Johannes Bohn , physician, 1640–1718, rector 1693/1694
• Rudolf Boehm , pharmacologist 1884–1921
• Albert Braune , physician
• Christian Wilhelm Braune , anatomist
• Johann von Breitenbach , legal scholar
• Hella Brock , musicologist
• Karl Brugmann , Indo-Europeanist, 1882–1884 and from 1887, co-founder of the young grammar school and thus of modern linguistics
• Heinrich Gustav Brzoska , educator, around 1831
• Oskar von Bülow , lawyer, legal scholar

C.

• Christoph Caesar (1540–1604), educator and poet, teacher 1664 to 1671
• Johann Benedikt Carpzov I (1607–1657), theologian
• Ernst August Carus (1797–1854), German surgeon, taught surgery from 1829 to 1844 and was head of the polyclinic
• Ludwig Cerutti (1789–1858), physician and university professor, professor from 1827 to 1854
• Johann Martin Chladni (1710–1759), theologian and historian
• Carl Chun , zoologist

D.

• Johann August Dathe (1731–1791), linguist
• Franz Delitzsch , Old Testament scholar, Judaist
• Solomon Deyling , theologian
• Albert Döderlein , gynecologist

E.

• Erich Everth (1878–1934), art historian, journalist and newspaper scholar

F.

• Gustav Theodor Fechner , physicist
• Joachim Feller , poet, theologian and librarian
• Paul Flechsig , psychiatrist and brain researcher
• Karl Gottlob Francke (1807–1861), surgeon, taught surgery from 1840 to 1861
• Hans Freyer , sociologist
• Hans Jürgen Friederici , historian
• Theodor Frings (1886–1968), Germanist, taught from 1927 to 1957

G

• Hans-Georg Gadamer , philosopher, professor 1939–1947, rector 1946/1947
• Karl Gelbke , physician, professor 1952–1964
• Johann Anton Wilhelm Geßner , philosopher, 1801–1806 private lecturer, 1806–1810 professor
• Johann David Goldhorn (1774–1836), Protestant theologian, professor from 1819 to 1836
• Caspar René Gregory , professor of theology

H

• Samuel Hahnemann , doctor, lectures on pharmacology
• Michael Haller , journalist and media scientist, Institute for Communication and Media Studies 1993–2010
• Günter Haupt , legal scholar
• Siegfried Hauptmann , organic chemist, associate professor 1969–1996
• Werner Heisenberg , physicist, 1927–1942, ordentl. Prof. for theoretical physics. 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Johann Jakob Hentsch , philosopher, mathematician, 1748–1758 private lecturer
• Renate Herfurth , commercial artist, Institute for Art Education, 1982 to 2008
• Paul Herre , historian
• Ernst Hertel , ophthalmologist
• Johannes Hertel , Indologist
• Gustav Hertz , Head of the Physics Institute 1954–1961, Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 together with James Franck
• Wilhelm Hilden , philosopher, philologist and mathematician, professor of ethics and logic from 1575 to 1581
• Felix Holldack , lawyer and university lecturer
• Werner Holzmüller , physicist
• Brigitte Horn-Helf , translation scholar
• Erich Hückel , chemist
• Gustav von Hüfner , chemist
• Friedrich Hund , physicist, 1929–1946

I.

• Waldemar Ilberg , physicist

K

• Jörg Kärger , physicist, professor
• Wieland Kiess , pediatrician and endocrinologist, professor since 1998
• Otto Kirn , theologian, professor 1895–1911
• Rudolf Kittel , Old Testament scholar, rector
• Felix Klein , mathematician, professor 1880–1886
• Otto Kleinschmidt , surgeon, professor 1920–1926
• Verena Klemm , Islamic scholar
• Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , poet
• Bernhard Kockel , physicist
• Gert König , civil engineer, professor 1995–2002
• Christa Kohler , professor until 1975

L.

• Wilhelm Lampeter , agricultural scientist, professor 1962–1969
• Karl Lamprecht , historian, professor 1891–1915, rector 1913
• Benno Landsberger , orientalist, 1929–1935 chair of Assyriology
• Caspar Landsidel (1514–1560), poet, rhetorician, Dean of the Philosophical Faculty and Rector of the University
• Nathanael Gottfried Leske , natural scientist, 1775–1786 professorship
• August Leskien , Slavist, from 1870, co-founder of the young grammar school
• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , poet
• Gerald Leutert , Anatom, 1990/91 Rector, 1990–1995 Vice Rector for Medicine
• Sophus Lie , mathematician, professor 1885–1898
• Theodor Litt , philosopher and educator, professor 1920–1937, rector 1931–1932
• Artur Lösche , physicist, professor 1960–1986
• Christian Gottlieb Ludwig , doctor and botanist, 1740–1773 professor, dean of the medical faculty

M.

• Theodor Marezoll , jurist 1837–1864 professor
• Walter Markov , historian
• Wilhelm Maurenbrecher , historian, professor 1884–1892
• Hans Mayer , literary scholar, professor 1948–1963
• August Ferdinand Möbius , astronomy, mathematics
• Erich Molitor , lawyer
• Theodor Mommsen , historian, professor of law from 1848–1851
• Wilfried Morawetz (1951–2007), botanist
• Ulrich von Mordeisen , lawyer

N

• Carl Friedrich Naumann , 1842–1870, professor
• Albrecht Neubert , translation scholar

Paul Niemeyer (physician) , 1875–1878, private lecturer in medicine

• Nikolaus Weigel , theologian, indulgence commissioner, participant in the Council of Basel, professor first at the artist faculty, then theology, vice chancellor and rector of the university
• Carl von Noorden , historian, 1877–1883, professor, founder of the historical seminar in Leipzig

O

• Albrecht Oepke , theologian, 1922–1954 professor, New Testament
• Ernst Robert Osterloh , 1850–1884 professor of civil law
• Hermann Osthoff , Indo-Europeanist, from 1877, co-founder of the young grammar school
• Wilhelm Ostwald , chemist, 1887–1906 chair of physical chemistry, Nobel Prize in chemistry
• Karl Eduard Otto , legal scholar, from 1819 private lecturer, from 1822 extraordinary, from 1826 to 1832 full professor

P

• Erwin Payr , surgeon, professor 1911–1937
• Eberhard Perlick , physician, professor 1959–1971
• Wilhelm Pfeffer , botanist (full professor)
• Johann Caspar Pflaume , philosopher and lawyer
• Henning Plessner , psychologist, professor 2008–2010
• Holger Preißler , Islamic scholar and religious historian
• Friedrich August Benjamin Puchelt , physician, 1715-1824 professor of pathology

R.

• Siegfried Ratzlaff , art teacher, painter, professor
• Christian Gottlob Richter , lawyer, 1769–1783 private lecturer, 1783–1791 professor
• Gustav Moritz Redslob , philosopher, professor 1834–1841
• Friedrich Ratzel , geographer, professor 1886–1904
• Friedrich Ritschl , philologist, professor 1865–1875
• Sabine Rieckhoff , prehistorian, professor 1993–2009
• Oskar Röder , veterinarian, professor 1923–1950
• Christian Friedrich Rüdiger , from 1790 private lecturer, from 1792 to 1809 professor of astronomy and mathematics

S.

• Rudolf Sachsenweger , ophthalmologist, professor and director of the eye clinic from 1958–1981
• Johann Adam Schertzer , theologian, rector
• Carl Arthur Scheunert , veterinarian, 1923–1945, pioneer in vitamin research, President of the Reichsvitaminanstalt
• Josef Schleifstein , historian, 1957–1960 Vice-Rector of the Faculty of Social Sciences
• Walter Schnee , mathematician
• Reinhold Scholl , ancient historian and papyrologist
• Karl-Heinz Schönfelder , from 1950 Americanist and literary scholar
• Hubert Seiwert , religious scholar
• Nathan Söderblom , theologian, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1930
• Heinrich Stromer , doctor, rector for the first time in 1508, founder of "Auerbachs Keller"
• Karl Sudhoff , doctor and medical historian, professor for the history of medicine 1905–1938

T

• Owsei Temkin , doctor and medical historian
• Konstantin von Tischendorf , theologian
• Johann August Heinrich Tittmann , theologian
• Carl Thiersch , surgeon
• Friedrich Trendelenburg , surgeon

W.

• Johann Karl Wilhelm Walther , surgeon, from 1823 private lecturer, from 1831 associate professor, from 1842 full professor and from 1849 to 1857 honorary professor
• Wilhelm Eduard Weber , Chair of Physics 1843–1849, one of the Göttingen Seven
• Julius Weiske (1801–1877), legal scholar, from 1833 to 1844 professor of German law
• Wolfgang Weller , physicist
• Gottfried Welsch , doctor, dean and rector
• Arno Wetzel , taught zoologist from 1929 to 1958
• Johannes Widmann , mathematician of the Middle Ages and lecturer
• Wilhelm Wundt , founder of experimental psychology, 1875 ordentl. Professor of Philosophy, founded the first psychological institute in Leipzig in 1879
• Heinrich Wuttke , historian, 1848–1876 professor of historical auxiliary sciences

V

• Hedwig Voegt , literary journalism and style, 1959–1963, professor
• Georg Voigt , historian, professor 1866–1891

Z

• Friedrich Zarncke , Germanist and literary scholar
• Peter Zimmerling , theologian
• Frank Zöllner , art historian
• Gerhard Zschäbitz , historian and editor
• Paul Zweifel , gynecologist, full professor from 1887–1921

Web links

• Professor catalog of the University of Leipzig / catalogus professorum lipsiensium . University of Leipzig. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved on August 20, 2019.
• Supplement to the professorial catalog: Professors of the University of Leipzig 1945–1993 . Retrieved August 20, 2019.