Ludwig Laqueur

Ludwig Laqueur (also: Louis Laqueur ; * July 7, 1839 in Festenberg , Silesia; † April 20, 1909 in Santa Margherita Ligure ) was a German ophthalmologist .

Laqueur studied in Breslau and Berlin, where he received his Dr. med. received his doctorate. In 1872 he became an associate professor at the University of Strasbourg . From 1877 he was a full professor of ophthalmology there. In 1886 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

Laqueur was married to Marie Bamberger (1851–1936), daughter of the banker Rudolph Bamberger . Their children together included the physician August Laqueur (1875–1954) and the ancient historian Richard Laqueur (1881–1959).

literature

Louis Laqueur: From my life. Memories . Published by Hans-Peter Laqueur. Nicosia 1997, ISBN 9963-8223-0-4 excerpts

Web links

Literature by and about Ludwig Laqueur in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Almost all sources incorrectly state July 25th as their birthday; Laqueur himself explains it like this: “I was born [...] on July 7th, 1839 on a Sunday. In almost all official documents I have, July 25th is stated as my birthday, and this day has been celebrated as such by my family. This can be explained in the following way: At the time of my birth there were no official registry registers for the Jews in Prussia; the rabbi, or the one who performed his duties in the community, wrote the births of the children in his book, of course according to the Jewish calendar - the day was the 25th of the month Thamus . The Orthodox Jews only followed their calendar and ignored the external one wherever possible. In my parents' house people were no longer so strictly Orthodox, and since the month of Thamus roughly corresponds to July, when I went to school, strangely enough, the date of my birth was given not the 7th but the 25th. But later in Strasbourg I was able to determine with the help of an old calendar from 1839 that the 25th Thamus corresponded to July 7th and that it fell on a Sunday, as my blessed mother often told me. "(Louis Laqueur: From my life. Memories )

personal data
SURNAME	Laqueur, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Laqueur, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German ophthalmologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 7, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Festenberg , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	April 20, 1909
Place of death	Santa Margherita Ligure

[1] Almost all sources incorrectly state July 25th as their birthday; Laqueur himself explains it like this: “I was born [...] on July 7th, 1839 on a Sunday. In almost all official documents I have, July 25th is stated as my birthday, and this day has been celebrated as such by my family. This can be explained in the following way: At the time of my birth there were no official registry registers for the Jews in Prussia; the rabbi, or the one who performed his duties in the community, wrote the births of the children in his book, of course according to the Jewish calendar - the day was the 25th of the month Thamus . The Orthodox Jews only followed their calendar and ignored the external one wherever possible. In my parents' house people were no longer so strictly Orthodox, and since the month of Thamus roughly corresponds to July, when I went to school, strangely enough, the date of my birth was given not the 7th but the 25th. But later in Strasbourg I was able to determine with the help of an old calendar from 1839 that the 25th Thamus corresponded to July 7th and that it fell on a Sunday, as my blessed mother often told me. "(Louis Laqueur: From my life. Memories )