Wilhelm von Rapp

Wilhelm von Rapp on a picture painted in 1858 by Franz Seraph Stirnbrand in the Tübingen Professorengalerie

Wilhelm Rapp , from 1837 von Rapp , (born June 3, 1794 in Stuttgart , † November 11, 1868 in Tübingen ) was a German physician and professor at the University of Tübingen .

Life

Wilhelm Rapp studied from 1813 and became a doctor in Tübingen in 1817. From 1819 to 1827 he was associate professor and from 1827 to 1856 full professor of medicine at the University of Tübingen (anatomy of humans and animals, since 1844 zoology and zootomy ). In 1844 he was instrumental in founding the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg in Stuttgart . His portrait, painted by Franz Seraph Stirnbrand in 1858 , hangs in the professors' gallery in Tübingen .

In 1825 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1837 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown excellent, which with the personal title of nobility ( ennoblement ) was associated.

Otto Köstlin : Necrology of Professor Dr. Wilhelm v. Rapp , in: Annuals of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg , 26th year, E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1870, p. 50f.

↑ Reinhold Scholl: The portrait collection of the University of Tübingen, 1477 to 1927. Writings of the Verein für Württembergische Familienkunde, volume 2, published by K. Ad. Emil Müller, Stuttgart, 1927.
^ Entry Wilhelm von Rapp on Tobias picture.
^ Entry by Wilhelm von Rapp in the DNB catalog.
^ Royal Württemberg Court and State Manual 1839, p. 37.

personal data
SURNAME	Rapp, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rapp, Wilhelm; Rapp, W .; Rapp, Wilhelm L. von; Rapp, Guilielmus L .; Rapp, Guilielmus; Rapp, Guilielmus Ludovicus; Rapp, Wilhelm Ludwig; Rapp, Guilielmus de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician, zoologist and zootomist as well as university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 3, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	November 11, 1868
Place of death	Tübingen