Josef Albert Amann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Albert Amann

German gynaecologist and university teacher (1866-1919)

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1866

Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1919

Profession: university teacher, gynaecologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Josef Albert Amann (1 July 1866, in Munich – 17 October 1919, in Konstanz) was a German gynecologist.
His father, Josef Albert Amann (1832–1906), was also a gynecologist. He studied medicine at the University of Munich, where his teachers included Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Otto Bollinger and Franz von Winckel.
For several years he worked as an assistant at the university women's clinic in Munich, receiving his habilitation in 1892.
In 1898 he succeeded his father as head of the second gynecological department at the Allgemeine Krankenhaus in Munich.
In 1905 he became an associate professor at the university.He held a particular interest in the anatomy and histology of female genitalia.
In 1897 he published Kurzgefasstes Lehrbuch der mikroskopisch-gynäkologischen Diagnostik, an influential textbook of microscopic gynecological diagnostics.
Also, he is credited with introducing a surgery for creation of an artificial vagina in cases of congenital absence ("Amann's operation").



Alternative names	Franz Stuck
Description	German painter and sculptor
Date of birth/death	23 February 1863	30 August 1928
Location of birth/death	Tettenweis bei Burghausen (Niederbayern)	Munich
Work location	Munich
Authority control	: Q45006 VIAF: 52482379 ISNI: 0000 0000 8131 698X ULAN: 500006652 LCCN: n82050633 NLA: 35790933 WorldCat