Georg Gottlob Richter Explained

Georg Richter
Birth Date:4 February 1694
Birth Place:Schneeberg, Electorate of Saxony
Death Place:Göttingen, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Nationality:German
Fields:Physician, philosopher, and philologist
Workplaces:University of Göttingen
Alma Mater:University of Kiel
Doctoral Advisor:Johann Ludwig Hannemann
Academic Advisors:Herman Boerhaave
Doctoral Students:August Gottlieb Richter
Footnotes:He is the uncle of August Gottlieb Richter.

Georg Gottlob Richter (4 February 1694 – 28 May 1773) was a professor of medicine, philosophy, and philology.

Education

Before receiving his MD degree, Richter spent a year (1718) in Leiden listening to the lectures of Herman Boerhaave. He then obtained his MD under Johann Ludwig Hannemann at the University of Kiel in 1720.

Career

He occupied first chair of medicine at the University of Göttingen. Richter wrote a text on dietetics and numerous dissertations on medical theory and practice.

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