Wolfgang Specht

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Wolfgang Specht (born November 26, 1926 ; † June 10, 2020 in Homburg ) was a German doctor and professor of anatomy at the Medical Faculty of the Saarland University in Homburg. He was made an honorary professor by the State Medical Academy in Tver, Russia .

Life

After the Second World War, Wolfgang Specht studied human medicine at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg , where he also completed his doctorate. In 1963 he became an assistant at the anatomical institute of the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . In 1967 Wolfgang Specht went to Homburg to the Anatomical Institute, where he qualified as a professor in 1969 for the subject of anatomy. In 1970 he became head of the department for experimental morphology and in 1975 full professor . Despite being offered a professorship at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , Specht stayed until his retirement1995 in Homburg. He was heavily involved in teaching and was also the capacity officer of the medical faculty for many years. He achieved particular merits through the cooperation between the Medical Faculty in Homburg and the State Medical Academy in Tver ( Russia ), which he played a key role . Specht was also involved in the appraisal of a small alabaster skull sculpture that is said to have come from Leonardo da Vinci .

Publications (selection)

  • About the formation of the so-called achromatic division apparatus of the cell: Investigations on d. first maturation spindle in the egg v. Tubifex. Dissertation, University of Würzburg, 1959
  • Formation, structure and function of the so-called achromatic division apparatus of the cell, explained using the example of the maturation spindle in Tubifex's egg. In: Z. Anat. Develop. Business 122, (1961), pp. 266-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00529317
  • In: Exam questions anatomy. H. Frick, M. Kantner, H. Leonhardt, TH Schiebler (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1973 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-3-642-96144-1 .
  • with R. Stober: Water-soluble sulfur dyes - a range of dyes for light and electron microscopy. In: Negoti. Anat. Society. Volume 67, 1973, pp. 637-644

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary Professor Specht. Saarbrücker Zeitung from 4./5. July 2020, page E3.
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Kerkhoff: Four eyes and a microscope. In: The time . No. 47, November 18, 1979.
  3. ↑ Delegation of the University of Saarland Visists Tver State Medical Academy
  4. ^ Obituary Professor Specht. Saarbrücker Zeitung. 4th / 5th July 2020, page E3.
  5. ↑ Urs Willmann: The core of the skull. In: The time. No. 40, September 29, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Woodpecker, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and anatomist
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1926
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 2020
Place of death Homburg