Paul Henkel

Paul Ludwig Henkels (born October 31, 1892 in Barmen , † August 26, 1973 in Hanover ) was a German veterinarian and university professor.

Life

Henkels studied veterinary and human medicine at the University of Berlin , the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover and in Munich. In 1914 he became a member of the Cheruscia Hanover fraternity . In 1921 he received his doctorate in Hanover with contributions to the teaching of the age of the horse's teeth . From 1925 to 1927 he taught as a private lecturer at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover, was then appointed associate professor and in 1928 full professor for veterinary surgery and surgical studies and at the same time director of the university's surgical clinic. From 1950 to 1952 he was rector of the university. In 1951 he was a founding member of the German Veterinary Society . In 1961 he was retired.

Awards

• 1968: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Fonts (selection)

• Contributions to the teaching of the horse's tooth age. Vahl, Schöppenstedt 1921 (dissertation, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 1921).
• Textbook of veterinary radiology: For veterinarians and students of veterinary medicine. Parey, Berlin 1926.
• The veterinarian's surgery: Systematic instructions for independent surgical thinking and action. For veterinarians and students of veterinary medicine. Parey, Berlin 1928.
• War veterinary surgery guide: On behalf of the veterinary inspector in the Army High Command. Schaper, Hanover 1942.

literature

• Karl Ritter von Klimesch (ed.): Heads of politics, economy, art and science. Naumann, Augsburg 1953.
• Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition. Volume 4, Saur, Munich 2006, p. 684 ( online ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ernst Elsheimer (ed.): Directory of the old fraternity members according to the status of the winter semester 1927/28. Frankfurt am Main 1928, p. 193.