Heinrich von Ranke

Heinrich von Ranke (1830–1909)

Heinrich von Ranke (8 May 1830, Rückersdorf 13 May 1909, Munich) was a German physiologist and pediatrician. He was the son of theologian Friedrich Heinrich Ranke (1798-1876) and the brother of anthropologist Johannes Ranke (1836-1916). Famed historian Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886) was his uncle.

Biography

He studied at the Universities of Berlin, Leipzig, Erlangen and Tübingen. At Erlangen, he was a student of chemist Eugen von Gorup-Besánez, and at Berlin, he was an assistant to physiologist Johannes Peter Müller (1849–50). In 1851 he obtained his doctorate with a dissertation involving physiological-chemical studies on the behaviour of some organic substances in humans.[1][2]

From 1853 to 1858, he was associated with the German Hospital in London, during which time, he also served as a civilian physician in the service of the British government in Smyrna and in the Crimea (1855–56). In 1859 he received his habilitation at the University of Munich, becoming a honorary professor in 1863. In 1866 he was appointed director of the children's polyclinic at the Reisingerianum in Munich. Here he worked together with Max Sandreczky who became his assistant, and probably influenced Sandreczky's decision to dedicate his career to the care of children. In 1874 von Ranke became an associate professor, and in 1886, was named director of Hauner's Kinderspital at the university.[2][1][3][4]

Published works

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Plett - Schmidseder by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, Walter De Gruyter Incorporated
  2. 1 2 3 translated biography at Pagel: Biographies excellent doctors of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna 1901 Sp. 1344-1345.
  3. Ranke at Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4, S. 138–140
  4. http://courses.md.huji.ac.il/96854/childhospital/assets/paper.pdf
  5. OCLC Classify published works
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, November 24, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.