Valentin Leiblein

Valentin Leiblein - also listed as Valerius Leiblein - (born September 12, 1799 in Würzburg ; † April 8, 1869 there ) was a German physician, zoologist and botanist . The Leiblein gland , a salivary gland found in snails, is named after him.

Life

Valentin Leiblein received his doctorate in medicine and philosophy in 1820. From 1825 he worked as a prosector for anatomy at the University of Würzburg . After completing his habilitation at the Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg in 1828 and becoming a private lecturer and prosector at the zootomics institute there under Martin Münz , he was full professor of zoology and curator of the natural history collections at the Philosophical Faculty of Würzburg from 1830 to 1869 . In 1840 Leiblein became director of the botanical garden and taught general and medical botany until he was appointed botanist. He was a knight of the Royal Bavarian Order of Merit of St. Michael . Leiblein was married to Katharina Leiblein, b. Heart. He was the father-in-law of the State Bank President Andreas von Seisser .

Works

• Basic features of a methodical overview of the animal kingdom according to its classes, orders, families and genera, together with lists of their main representatives: The human being and mammals , University of Würzburg, 1839
• Remarks on the system of the crystal lens in mammals , 1821, University of Würzburg
• Letters from Valentin Leiblein to Ernst von Bibra , 1839, publisher unknown
• Man and the mammals , Stahl Verlag, 1839

literature

• Thomas Sauer, Ralf Vollmuth : Letters from members of the Würzburg medical faculty in the estate of Anton Ruland. Sources on the history of medicine in the 19th century with short biographies. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 9, 1991, pp. 135-206, here: pp. 157-159.

Web links

• University of Jena

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Würzburg death note .