Hermann Eberhard Friedrich Richter
1808–76
German physician. MD, Leipzig, 1834. Professor of general and special therapy, medical-surgical academy, and director, medical polyclinic, Dresden, 1837. Lost both positions following accusations of treason in connection with civil unrest in 1849, but was exonerated. Thereafter worked in private practice. Editor, Schmidts Jahrbücher der gesammten Medizin, from 1850. Extraordinary member, regional medical committee of Saxony, 1864. Founder and secretary, association of German physicians, 1872.
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ADB
BLA
DBE.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
BLA: Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Aerzte aller Zeiten und Völker. Edited by A. Wernich et al. 6 vols. Vienna and Leipzig: Urban and Schwarzenberg. 1884–8.
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
