Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli
Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli (born September 30, 1775 in Thun ; † June 3, 1837 in Bern ) was a Swiss surgeon and professor .
Career
He studied in Bern , Jena , Vienna and Paris and received his doctorate in medicine in Jena in 1796 . In 1798 he acquired his patent as a general practitioner in Bern and in 1799 became chief surgeon, 1800 general inspector of health care and 1802 chief medical officer of the Helvetic troops.
In 1799 he was a co-founder of the Medical Institute in Bern and then worked there as a teacher. In 1803 he became a garrison doctor in Bern, in 1804 a cantonal chief vaccination doctor and in 1805 a full professor of surgery and gynecology at the Bern University of Applied Sciences .
From 1812 to 1837 he was the Cavalier d'Honneur (chief steward ) of the Russian Grand Duchess Anna Feodorowna and administrator of the Elfenau estate . After an unhappy marriage with Konstantin Pavlovich , the brother of Tsar Alexander I , Anna Feodorovna had fled Saint Petersburg to settle in Bern in 1813. Schiferli was the father of her daughter Hilda, born in 1812.
From 1814 to 1831 Schiferli was a member of the Grand Council of Bern, in 1811 he had already become Mecklenburg-Schwerin Court Councilor and in 1827 he became Russian State Councilor and Imperial Councilor.
In 1821 he made friends with the astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach (1754-1832) in Genoa . From the following lively correspondence , some letters from Zach to Bern have been preserved, which from 1826 until Zach's death mainly revolve around his bladder stones . Schiferli's estate is in the Bern Burger Library .
literature
- Edition of the correspondence between Ioannis Kapodistrias and Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg and Schiferli 1814 to 1827 (Ανέκδοτη αλληλογραφία με τον Philippe-Emmanuel de Fellenberg και Rudolf-Abraham de Schiferli), Athens (Verlag Olkos) 1999.
- Leo Gosteli, Urs Boschung and Peter Brosche (eds.): Astronomer, cosmopolitan, bladder stone patient. Franz Xaver von Zach's letters to Rudolf Abraham von Schiferli 1821-1832 , Basel 1998, ISBN 3796513700 .
- Julius Pagel: Schiferli, Rudolf Abraham von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 191 f.
Web links
- Lucienne Hubler: Schiferli, Rudolf Abraham. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schiferli, Rudolf Abraham von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss surgeon and professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tuna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 1837 |
| Place of death | Bern |