Johann Gottlieb Walter Explained

Johann Gottlieb Walter
Birth Date:1 July 1734
Birth Place:Königsberg
Death Place:Berlin
Known For:work in human anatomy, large sample collection
Nationality:German

Johann Gottlieb Walter (1 July 1734 – 4 January 1818) was a German physician, specialising in human anatomy.

Walter was born in Königsberg. He studied in Königsberg and Berlin under Johann Friedrich Meckel von Hemsbach and Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn. He was awarded a medical degree at Frankfurt (Oder) in 1757. After Meckel's death, he became professor of anatomy in Berlin in 1774.[1]

Walter started and maintained a large collection and museum of anatomical samples, which was bought for 100.000 Thaler by the state, and became the foundation for the anatomical-zoological museum of the Berlin Academy.[1]

Walter died in Berlin.

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  1. https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Walter,_Johann_Gottlieb ADB:Walter, Johann Gottlieb
  2. https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Johann+Gottlieb+Walter%22 Google Books