Wilhelm von Horn (medic)
Wilhelm von Horn (born February 17, 1803 in Braunschweig , † January 19, 1871 in Berlin ) was a German physician, medical officer and director of the Charité.
Life
Wilhelm Horn was the son of the psychiatrist Ernst Horn and Wilhelmine geb. Falk; his mother died a few days after he was born. Wilhelm Horn first studied medicine at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1824 he became active with Julius von Minutoli and Albin von Wentzky in the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . As an inactive , he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin , which made him Dr. med. PhD. In 1830 he traveled through Germany, Holland, England, France and Italy. He qualified as a professor in the same year and published his travel experiences in four volumes (1831-1833). In 1831 he was a district physician in the Halberstadt district . In 1840 he became a medical advisor in Erfurt . In 1847 he moved to the Berlin Police Headquarters as a medical advisor . He was a member of the Medical College of the Province of Brandenburg . In 1851 he became director of the Charité . He was a secret medical councilor and lecturer in the Prussian Ministry of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs . In 1839 he was accepted into the Masonic lodge to the three hammers in Halberstadt . In Berlin he belonged to the Lodge Zum flammenden Stern .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GoogleBooks
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 71/41.
- ↑ Dissertation: De tabe dorsuali praelusio: dissertatio inauguralis medica quam consensu et auctoritate inclyti medicorum ordinis in Universitate Literaria Berolinensi ut summi in medicina et chirurgia honores rite sibi concedantur die iv. M. Aug. A. MDCCCXXVII HLQS
- ^ German biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horn, Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medical officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1871 |
| Place of death | Berlin |