Wilhelm Beckh
Wilhelm Hermann Adolf Karl Beckh (born August 17, 1836 in Nuremberg ; † July 3, 1921 there ) was a German doctor and writer .
Life
Born the son of a landowner , Beckh studied medicine in Erlangen . During his studies in 1853 he became a member of the Germania Erlangen fraternity . In 1865 he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD . He then worked as a general practitioner in Nuremberg, where in 1878 he was appointed senior physician at the municipal hospital . There he was head of the department for the sexually and mentally ill until 1909 . He was later appointed court counselor and subsequently became an honorary member of the Nuremberg Medical Association . In 1863 he became a member of the Pegnese Order of Flowers , of which he was President from 1886, its honorary member in 1909 and its honorary board in 1919.
He was buried in the Johannisfriedhof in Nuremberg. His son was Albert von Beckh .
Publications (selection)
- The Hebetudo visus ex insufficientia musculi recti interni oculi in myopes, their consequences and therapy. Dissertation University of Erlangen 1862. ( Online )
- Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and typhus or febris recurrens. Neck cramps and Siberian human plague. Nuremberg 1865. ( Online )
- Poems. Nuremberg 1906.
- History of the Nuremberg Schiller Foundation in the first 50 years of its existence. Nuremberg 1911.
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 50–51.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beckh, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beckh, Wilhelm Hermann Adolf Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1921 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |