Wilhelm von Möllendorff
Wilhelm von Möllendorff (born December 6, 1887 in Manila , Philippines, † February 10, 1944 in Lenzerheide , Switzerland) was a German anatomist .
life and work
Wilhelm von Möllendorff, son of the zoologist and German consul Otto Franz von Möllendorff (* December 24, 1848 - August 17, 1903) and his wife Betty Blau (* December 16, 1857 - November 9, 1920), attended secondary school in Tilsit and later the Lessing-Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main , where he passed the Abitur examination in 1906.
He first studied archeology, then medicine in Heidelberg . After receiving his doctorate, he went to the Anatomical Institute of the University of Greifswald as a medical intern , where he completed his habilitation in 1914 . In 1919 he was appointed professor at the University of Freiburg and in 1922 a full professorship in Hamburg . In 1923 he moved to Kiel and in 1927 back to Freiburg.
Here he was elected Rector for the year 1933/34 in December 1932. At the beginning of April 1933, by order of the Baden government, all Jewish university employees were given a forced leave of absence, although the incumbent rector as well as Möllendorff and other professors tried to at least delay the implementation of this decree. Möllendorff took over the rectorate on April 15, but resigned on April 20, 1933 after Nazi press attacks, probably under pressure from the Ministry. On Möllendorff's suggestion, Martin Heidegger became the new rector.
In 1935 Möllendorff accepted a position at the University of Zurich . In the same year he became a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . In 1944 he died unexpectedly on a ski tour.
His published research concerns questions of developmental history, general cell and tissue theory, vital staining , connective tissue , kidney architecture and function as well as mitosis and cancer development. Möllendorff was editor of the manual for microscopic human anatomy for many years . Hans Adolf Krebs , who later won the Nobel Prize, was one of his students .
family
He was married to Emilie Pfaff (born April 16, 1889) since January 24, 1911 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eduard Seidler , Deutsches Ärzteblatt vol. 86, issue 9, pp. C-354 to C357 (1989)
- ↑ http://www.stammreihen.de/getperson.php?personID=I887D06M&tree=tree1
literature
- Rudolf Bonnet: The Lessing High School in Frankfurt am Main. Teacher and pupil 1897–1947. Waldemar Kramer publishing house, Frankfurt am Main 1954.
- Stefan Schulz: Möllendorff, Wilhelm von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm von Möllendorff in the catalog of the German National Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Sauer |
Rector of the University of Freiburg in 1933 |
Martin Heidegger |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Möllendorff, Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manila , Philippines |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1944 |
| Place of death | Lenzerheide , Switzerland |