Otto von Schrön
Otto von Schrön (born September 7, 1837 Hof / Saale ; † May 13, 1917 in Naples ) was a German doctor and epidemiologist .
Life
Schrön was born in Hof / Saale in 1837 as the son of the court doctor Ludwig Friedrich Schrön . After attending grammar school in his hometown, he began to study medicine at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen . In 1856 he became active in the Onoldia Corps . When he was inactive , he moved to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . After taking his doctorate, he went to Italy, first to the University of Turin and the University of Pavia until he was appointed professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Naples in 1864 . In 1869 he was made an honorary citizen of the city for his services in the fight against cholera , typhus and other infectious diseases (Schrön was “Cholera Commissioner” in Naples in 1863) . In 1883 he received the personal title of nobility and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown from King Ludwig II of Bavaria . Further awards followed. In 1891/92 his main work “General and Specific Anatomical Pathology” appeared.
Schrön was married to Luise Friederike Magdalena Johanna born on October 14, 1868 . Stolte (born December 21, 1848). The marriage resulted in two daughters and three sons. As a man with a deep musical disposition, Schrön was friends with Richard Wagner . With his wife he saw the world premiere of Parsifal in Bayreuth .
Web links
- Short biography, with picture ( Memento from January 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 42 , 416
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schrön, Otto von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schrön, Otto Carl Gottlieb von (full name); Schrön, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and epidemiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hof / Saale |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1917 |
| Place of death | Naples |