Ernst Kohlschütter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German physician
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Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
About Ernst Kohlschütter
- Ernst Otto Heinrich Kohlschütter (26 December 1837 – 7 September 1905) was a German physician born in Dresden.
- He was the father of astronomer Arnold Kohlschütter (1883–1969). The son of Dr.
- Otto Kohlschütter (1807–1853), he studied medicine at the University of Leipzig.
- In 1862 he earned his doctorate with an influential dissertation on "sleep depth" titled Messungen der Festigkeit des Schlafes.
- With help from Theodor Weber (1829–1914), he was able to remain in Leipzig as an assistant at the university polyclinic.
- Later on, he received his habilitation at the University of Halle, becoming a privat-docent of internal medicine and subsequently a lecturer in balneology .
- He participated in the Franco-Prussian War, being awarded the Kriegsdenkmünze für die Feldzüge 1870–71 for his efforts.
- In 1875, he became an associate professor at the University of Halle.
- Although he never attained the title of "full professor" during his career, he remained at Halle as a lecturer, and in the meantime, worked at a private medical practice and was devoted to many social and political concerns.
- He was involved in the creation of Volksküchen (soup kitchens) and Volkskaffeehallen (people's coffee halls), and along with political economist Johannes Conrad, he opened a popular reading room in Halle.
- In 1880 he founded a holiday camp at Güntersberge in the Harz Mountains for needy, financially disadvantaged children.
- In 1892 he was appointed councillor (Gemeinderat) in Halle.
- He died in 1905 at Bad Salzschlirf.
- The thoroughfare Kohlschütterstraße in Halle is named in his honor.
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