Johann Baptist Friedreich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Baptist Friedreich

German forensic pathologist and psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1796

Place of Birth: Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1862

Profession: psychiatrist, university teacher, forensic pathologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Johann Baptist Friedreich (19 April 1796, in Würzburg – 19 January 1862, in Würzburg) was a German forensic physician and psychiatrist.
He was a prominent member of the so-called "somatic school" of psychiatry in Germany.He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, where in 1820 he obtained his habilitation.
In 1830 he was named a professor of physiology at the university, however in 1832, along with physician Johann Lukas Schönlein and surgeon Cajetan von Textor, he was removed from his post for political reasons.
He then worked as a court physician in Weißenburg, later performing similar duties in Straubing, Ansbach and finally in Erlangen, where in 1850 he became an honorary professor of forensic medicine.He was the son of physician Nicolaus Anton Friedreich (1761–1836), and the father of pathologist Nikolaus Friedreich (1825–1882).