Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke
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| Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke | |
 Ernst von Brücke, instrumental in the development of psychodynamics
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| Born | 6 July 1819 Berlin |
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| Died | January 7, 1892 Vienna |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Fields | physiology |
| Known for | psychodynamics |
| Influenced | Sigmund Freud |
Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke (b. Ernst Wilhelm Brücke on 6 July 1819 in Berlin, Germany; d. January 7, 1892 in Vienna, Austria) was a German physician and physiologist.
He is noted for his influence on Sigmund Freud, one of his medical students, an influence that led to the development of the science of psychodynamics.
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[edit] Overview
- 1842 Graduated in medicine at the University of Berlin.
- 1843 Became research assistant to Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858)
- January 14, 1845 Founded the Physikalische Gesellschaft (Physical Society) in Berlin with Emil Du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) and others, in the house of physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1812-1870). Later, this became the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Society of Physics).
- 1848 Professor of Physiology at the University of Königsberg
- From 1849 Professor of Physiology at the University of Vienna.
- 1873 Knighted
- 1890 Emigrated
[edit] Notes
Regarding personal names: Ritter is a title, translated approximately as Knight, not a first or middle name. There is no equivalent female form.
[edit] Selected works
- Brücke, Ernst W. 1848. Ueber die Bewegungen der Mimosa pudica. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin: 434-455
- Brücke, Ernst W. 1852. Beiträge zur vergleichenden Anatomie und Physiologie des Gefässsystems. Denkschriften: Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 3: 335-367
- Brücke, Ernst W. 1856. Grundzüge der Physiologie und Systematik der Sprachlaute für Linguisten und Taubstummenlehrer. Wien: C. Gerold & Sohn
- Brücke, Ernst W. 1861. Die Elementarorganismen. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 44: 381-406
- Brücke, Ernst W. 1866. Die Physiologie der Farben für die Zwecke der Kunstgewerbe. Leipzig: S. Hirzel
[edit] External links
- Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke. WhoNamedIt.
- Biography and bibliography in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
