Karl Heilbronner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Heilbronner

German psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1869

Place of Birth: Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1914

Profession: psychiatrist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany, German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Karl Heilbronner (21 November 1869 Nürnberg – 8 September 1914 Utrecht) was a German psychiatrist.
He specialized in research of apraxia, depression and obsessive behavior disorders.He studied medicine at the University of Munich as a pupil of Hubert von Grashey, obtaining his doctorate in 1894.
He later worked as an assistant to Carl Wernicke at Breslau (1894–98), followed by service as a senior physician under Eduard Hitzig at the University of Halle.
In 1903 he succeeded Theodor Ziehen as a full professor of psychiatry at the University of Utrecht.