Otto Funke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Funke

German physiologist

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1828

Place of Birth: Chemnitz, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Aug-1879

Profession: physician, university teacher, physiologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Otto Funke (October 27, 1828 - August 17, 1879) was a German physiologist born in Chemnitz. He studied in Leipzig and Heidelberg, and in 1852 became a lecturer of physiology at the University of Leipzig.
In 1853 he became an associate professor to the medical faculty at Leipzig, and in 1860 a professor of physiology at the University of Freiburg.
One of his better known students at Leipzig was physiologist Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering (1834-1918). In 1851 Otto Funke was the first scientist to successfully crystallize hemoglobin ((in German): "Hämoglobinkristalle"), which he first called "Blutfarbstoff".
This work was a precursor to Felix Hoppe-Seyler's important studies of hemoglobin.
Funke also performed research of blood formation in the spleen, and investigations into the effects of curare.