Friedrich Wilhelm Seiffer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Wilhelm Seiffer

German psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1872

Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1917

Profession: psychiatrist, neurologist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Friedrich Wilhelm Seiffer (April 18, 1872 - November 30, 1917) was a German neurologist and psychiatrist born in Stuttgart.
In 1895 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Strasbourg, and subsequently worked at a private mental health institution in Pankow-Berlin.
In 1896 he was an assistant to Eduard Hitzig (1838–1907) at the psychiatric hospital in Halle.
In 1899 he began work at the psychiatric clinic of the Berlin-Charité, where he worked under Friedrich Jolly (1844–1904) and Theodor Ziehen (1862–1950).After his habilitation in 1901, he became a lecturer at the University of Berlin.
In 1906 he became a titular professor.
Today, his name is associated with the "Rydel-Seiffer tuning fork", an instrument used for monitoring and diagnosis of nervous disorders.