Georg Erhard Hamberger

Georg Erhard Hamberger (21 December 1697 – 22 July 1755) was a German professor of medicine, surgery, and botany.

Georg Erhard Hamberger
Georg Erhard Hamberger
Born	21 December 1697 Jena, Saxe-Weimar
Died	22 July 1755 (1755-07-23) (aged 57)
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Jena
Known for	Physiology of respiration
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine, physiology, botany
Institutions	University of Jena
Doctoral advisor	Johann Adolph Wedel[1]
Doctoral students	Christoph Andreas Mangold[1]

Biography

Hamberger was born in Jena, and received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Jena in 1721.^[2] He studied the physiology of respiration, especially with respect to breathing.^[3] He authored a textbook on physiology, covering the thorax muscles, intercostal muscles, and pleural sac. He also studied the reaction of camphor and nitric acid. His writings included the study of gravitation and the ascension of gases.

References

1. "Academic Genealogy of the NDSU Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" (PDF). North Dakota State University, USA. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
2. Georg Erhard Hamberger at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
3. "Georg Erhardt Hamberger" (PDF). Chemical Genealogy. University of Illinois, USA. Retrieved March 19, 2012.

External links

• ADB: Hamberger, Georg Erhard information from WikiSource (in German)
• Hamberger, Georg Erhard 1697–1755 publications from WorldCat