Wilhelm Trendelenburg

Ernst Wilhelm Theodor Trendelenburg (born July 16, 1877 in Rostock , † March 16, 1946 in Tübingen ) was a German physiologist.

Life

Wilhelm Trendelenburg was a son of the surgeon Friedrich Trendelenburg and brother of the lawyer Ernst Trendelenburg and the pharmacologist Paul Trendelenburg . In 1909 he became professor in Freiburg im Breisgau, 1911 in Innsbruck, 1916 in Gießen, 1917 in Tübingen and 1922 in Berlin. Trendelenburg wrote extensive scientific articles on nerve and sensory physiology , especially on the physiology of color vision . In 1919 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . In 1931 he was elected a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . Trendelburg was director of the Physiological Institute at the University of Berlin, where Erich Schütz was a department head until 1937. Since 1938 he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

College films

On behalf of the Reich Office for Educational Films, a series of university films were also produced under Trendelenburg's direction in the 1930s, including a .:

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Member entry of Wilhelm Trendelenburg at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 18, 2016.
^ Ernst Klee : German Medicine in the Third Reich. Careers before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-10-039310-4 , p. 188.

personal data
SURNAME	Trendelenburg, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Trendelenburg, Ernst Wilhelm Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 16, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rostock
DATE OF DEATH	March 16, 1946
Place of death	Tübingen

[1] Member entry of Wilhelm Trendelenburg at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 18, 2016.

[2] Ernst Klee : German Medicine in the Third Reich. Careers before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-10-039310-4 , p. 188.