Zacharias Oppenheimer

Zacharias Hugo Oppenheimer ( January 8, 1830 in Michelfeld - June 25, 1904 in Heidelberg ) was a German physician and professor at the University of Heidelberg .

Life

Zacharias Hugo Oppenheimer comes from the Michelfelder branch of the Oppenheimer family , which has been attested there since the 18th century. He was the son of Seligmann Oppenheimer and his wife Jette, née Levis.

From October 1848 Oppenheimer studied medicine in Heidelberg. In May 1849 he took part in the Baden Revolution and had to flee to Switzerland after its suppression in June 1849. He returned to Germany in October 1849 and studied first at the University of Würzburg and from October 1851 again in Heidelberg. In 1855 he completed his habilitation in Heidelberg, where he became an associate professor of medicine in 1863 . Zacharias Oppenheimer published numerous medical writings. He was appointed court advisor to the Grand Ducal of Baden . Oppenheimer was a member of the Heidelberg Masonic Lodge Ruprecht zu den five Rosen .

progeny

Zacharias Oppenheimer was married to Mathilde Frank (born December 26, 1836 in Oberelsbach ; † December 9, 1915 in Heidelberg). From this marriage comes the son Oscar Wilhelm Oppenheimer (born July 7, 1860 in Heidelberg, † May 9, 1920 in Freiburg im Breisgau ). He was a specialist in gastric and intestinal diseases. He married his cousin Frieda Oppenheimer (1877–1905).

Honors

In 1892 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina .

Fonts (selection)

Textbook of physical remedies for doctors and students of medicine . Stahl Verlag, 1861
About the influence of the climate on humans . Lüderitz, Berlin 1867
"Awareness-feeling". A psycho-physiological examination . Bergmann Verlag, Wiesbaden 1903

literature

Julius Pagel (ed.): Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of the nineteenth century . Urban & Schwarzenberg , Berlin 1901, column 1233 ( E-Text ).

Web links

Commons : Zacharias Oppenheimer - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Anton Bettelheim: Biographisches Jahrbuch und deutscher Nekrolog, Volume X 1905, Georg Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1907, p. 81 (list of dead 1904)
↑ Main State Archives Stuttgart J 386 Bü 249, Fig. 120 [1]
↑ Hugo Oppenheimer's membership entry at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on November 23, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Oppenheimer, Zacharias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oppenheimer, Zacharias Hugo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 8, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH	Michelfeld
DATE OF DEATH	June 25, 1904
Place of death	Heidelberg

[1] Anton Bettelheim: Biographisches Jahrbuch und deutscher Nekrolog, Volume X 1905, Georg Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1907, p. 81 (list of dead 1904)

[2] Main State Archives Stuttgart J 386 Bü 249, Fig. 120 [1]

[3] Hugo Oppenheimer's membership entry at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on November 23, 2015.