EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Würzburg, Germany

Founding Date:
1402

Official Website:
http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alois Alzheimer	Doctor	14-Jun-1864	19-Dec-1915	Alzheimer's Disease
Svante Arrhenius	Chemist	19-Feb-1859	2-Oct-1927	Explored electrolytic conductivity
Karl Ernst von Baer	Biologist	29-Feb-1792	28-Nov-1876	De Ovi Mammalium
Ernst Haeckel	Zoologist	16-Feb-1834	9-Aug-1919	Proponent of evolution
William Stewart Halsted	Doctor	23-Sep-1852	7-Sep-1922	Pioneer of sterile surgical technique
Bert Hölldobler	Zoologist	25-Jun-1936		Social organizations in insects
Klaus von Klitzing	Physicist	28-Jun-1943		Quantization of resistance
Emil Kraepelin	Psychiatrist	15-Feb-1856	7-Oct-1926	Manic depression and schizophrenia
Karl Landsteiner	Scientist	14-Jun-1868	26-Jun-1943	Discovered blood typing
Jacques Loeb	Doctor	7-Apr-1859	11-Feb-1924	Investigator of artificial parthenogenesis
Georg Michaelis	Head of State	8-Sep-1857	24-Jul-1936	German Chancellor 1917
Hartmut Michel	Chemist	18-Jul-1948		Proteins of photosynthesis
Walther Nernst	Chemist	25-Jun-1864	18-Nov-1941	Third Law of Thermodynamics
Hans Spemann	Scientist	27-Jun-1869	9-Sep-1941	Experimental embryology
Nettie Stevens	Biologist	7-Jul-1861	4-May-1912	X and Y chromosomes

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ferdinand Braun	Physicist	6-Jun-1850	20-Apr-1918	Rectifier effect in semiconductors
Eduard Buchner	Chemist	20-May-1860	13-Aug-1917	Cell-free fermentation
Rudolf Clausius	Physicist	2-Jan-1822	24-Aug-1888	Second Law of Thermodynamics
Emil Fischer	Chemist	9-Oct-1852	15-Jul-1919	Peptide bond
Harald zur Hausen	Scientist	11-Mar-1936		Papilloma virus
Walter Hieber	Chemist	18-Dec-1895	29-Nov-1976	Metal carbonyl chemistry
Bert Hölldobler	Zoologist	25-Jun-1936		Social organizations in insects
Athanasius Kircher	Scientist	2-May-1601	28-Nov-1680	Master of a Hundred Arts
Jacques Loeb	Doctor	7-Apr-1859	11-Feb-1924	Investigator of artificial parthenogenesis
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen	Physicist	27-Mar-1845	10-Feb-1923	Discovered X-Rays
Walter Schottky	Physicist	23-Jul-1886	4-Mar-1976	Solid-state physics and electronics
Hans Spemann	Scientist	27-Jun-1869	9-Sep-1941	Experimental embryology
Johannes Stark	Physicist	15-Apr-1874	21-Jun-1957	Discovered the Stark Effect
Rudolf Virchow	Doctor	13-Oct-1821	5-Sep-1902	Pathology and progressive politics
Wilhelm Wien	Physicist	13-Jan-1864	30-Aug-1928	Blackbody radiation

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bert Hölldobler	Zoologist	25-Jun-1936		Social organizations in insects

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