Rudolph Virchow
| Prof. Rudolph Virchow | |||||||
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| Born | 1821 | ||||||
| Died | 1902 | ||||||
| Residence | Berlin | ||||||
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academic medical political | ||||||
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proposed 1868.03.03 as Hon. Fellow
Obit. in Man 1903 no. 1 by Myres
Report of the Council for 1902: In RUDOLF VIRCHOW Germany laments one of the founders of modern pathology, and one of the most original and vigorous intellects of the nineteenth century. To anthropology his principal services were rather in the direction of far-sighted organization of inquiry, than in any great output of personal research. He took an active part in the foundation both of the German Anthropological Society and of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology, and Prehistoric Studies; for many years he took a large share in the editorship of the Archiv fitr Anthropologie; the Museum fur Volkerkunde was, in great part, the outcome of his representations; and the great survey of the physical characteristics of the German people, which is his greatest anthropological achievement, stands at the same time as a monument of well-designed collaboration, and is an example of what private enterprise aiid strictly scientific inquiry can be made to contribute to the study of great national and practical problems. A great thinker, a great teacher, and at the same time a great figure in the practical politics of his country, Virchow's work leaves its rnark on almost every department of German biological study, and his death a gap which this generation can hardly hope to fill.'
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Rudolf Carl Virchow 13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902) was a German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician, known for his advancement of public health. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" because his work helped to discredit humorism, bringing more science to medicine. He is also considered one of the founders of social medicine.