Romeo Seligmann

Grave of the Seligmann family (Franz Romeo, wife Theresia and son Adalbert) with Latin inscription in the Döblingen cemetery

Abraham Romeo Seligmann , usually called Franz Romeo Seligmann (born June 30, 1808 in Nikolsburg , today Mikulov, in Moravia ; † September 15, 1892 in Vienna ), was an Austrian doctor and medical historian .

Life

The son of the doctor Isaak Seligmann began his studies at the University of Vienna at the age of 17 . Seligmann not only studied medicine, but also languages and learned Persian in order to be able to read an old medical manuscript for his dissertation. (“De re medica Persarum”, 1830) Later he also published an excerpt from the 2nd part of the manuscript: “Liber fundamentorum pharmacologiae auctore Abu Mansur. . , Epitome etc. ”(Pars I, II, Vienna 1830, 33), along with a German short version. In 1860 he had the facsimile appear in the Vienna Imperial and Royal State Printing Office with a comment: "Codex Vindobonensis sive medici Abu Mansur ... liber fundamentorum pharmacologiae".

In addition to his work as a medical historian, Seligmann also worked as a cholera doctor and studied art history. During this time Seligmann was a secondary doctor in the general hospital for five years. Seligmann moved in a circle around Karl von Holtei , Franz Grillparzer , Ludwig August Frankl von Hochwart , Eduard von Bauernfeld , Eduard von Feuchtersleben and Franz von Schober and there developed a deeper bond with Ottilie von Goethe . In 1869 he became a full professor at the University of Vienna, and he also dealt with ethnographic studies (especially on skulls). Being interested in the then fashionable phrenology , Seligmann also owned fragments of Beethoven's skull. Seligmann retired in 1879. His only son was the painter Adalbert Seligmann .

Honors

In 1863 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

literature

D. Angetter: Seligmann, Franz Romeo (Abraham, Romeo). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 154 f. (Direct links on p. 154 , p. 155 ).
Constantin von Wurzbach : Seligmann, Romeo . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, pp. 50–53 ( digitized version ).
Daniela Angetter: Seligmann, Franz Romeo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 221 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Romeo Seligmann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Karl Holubar : Seligmann, Abraham Romeo. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1318.
^ Member entry by Franz Romeo Seligmann at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 18, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Seligmann, Romeo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Seligmann, Franz Romeo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian doctor and medical historian
DATE OF BIRTH	June 30, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nikolsburg
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 1892
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Karl Holubar : Seligmann, Abraham Romeo. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1318.

[2] Member entry by Franz Romeo Seligmann at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on November 18, 2015.