Stefan Winkle

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Stefan Winkle (born November 4, 1911 in Munkács , Austria-Hungary , † December 11, 2006 in Hamburg ) was a German physician and microbiologist . He was an epidemic hygienist at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, professor of hygiene and bacteriology at the University of Hamburg and the University of Jena, and head of the Hamburg Institute of Hygiene . Winkle wrote standard microbiological works and an encyclopedic work on the history of infectious diseases . In his biography of Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737–1772) he focused on his work as a doctor.

Works (selection)

  • Microbiological and serological diagnostics. G. Fischer, Jena 1947 (in an extended edition until 1979, ISBN 3-437-10431-4 ).
  • Johann Friedrich Struensee. Fischer, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-437-10845-X .
  • [Scourges of humanity -] Cultural history of epidemics. Artemis & Winkler Verlag, Düsseldorf / Zurich 1997; 3rd, expanded edition, ibid. 2005, ISBN 3-538-07159-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Winkle, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and microbiologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Munkács , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 2006
Place of death Hamburg