Franz Naegele, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Naegele

German obstetrician

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1778

Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1851

Profession: university teacher, gynaecologist, obstetrician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Franz Karl Naegele (7 December 1778 – 21 January 1851) was a German obstetrician born in Düsseldorf.
His son, Hermann Franz Naegele (1801-1851), was also a noted obstetrician.He earned his medical degree from the University of Bamberg, afterwards opening a medical practice in Barmen.
In 1807 he became an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, where in 1810 he was appointed a full professor of obstetrics. He is remembered for "Naegele's rule", a standard method of calculating the due date for a pregnancy.
His name is also lent to "Naegele obliquity", also known as an anterior asynclytism.