EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Third oldest university in Germany. Operated as Karl Marx University from 1953-91.

Location:
Leipzig, Germany

Founding Date:
1409

Official Website:
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ralph Abercromby	Military	7-Oct-1734	28-Mar-1801	British general
John Anderson	Politician	8-Jul-1882	4-Jan-1958	Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-45
Svante Arrhenius	Chemist	19-Feb-1859	2-Oct-1927	Explored electrolytic conductivity
Augustus I	Royalty	31-Jul-1526	21-Jan-1586	Elector of Saxony, 1553-86
Friedrich Bergius	Chemist	11-Oct-1884	30-Mar-1949	Hydrogenation of coal
Felix Bloch	Physicist	23-Oct-1905	10-Sep-1983	Nuclear magnetic resonance
Leonard Bloomfield	Linguist	1-Apr-1887	18-Apr-1949	Structural linguistics of Tagalog
Carl Bosch	Chemist	27-Aug-1874	26-Apr-1940	Chairman of I. G. Farben
Tycho Brahe	Astronomer	14-Dec-1546	24-Oct-1601	Copper-nosed Danish astronomer
Martin Buber	Philosopher	8-Feb-1878	13-Jun-1965	Ich und Du
Hans von Bülow	Conductor	8-Jan-1830	12-Feb-1894	German conductor, proponent of Wagner
James McKeen Cattell	Psychologist	24-May-1860	20-Jan-1944	Academic freedom
Constantine I	Royalty	2-Aug-1868	11-Jan-1923	King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-22
William D. Coolidge	Physicist	23-Oct-1873	4-Feb-1975	Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes
Frederick G. Cottrell	Inventor	10-Jan-1877	16-Nov-1948	Smokestack filters to fight pollution
William E. Dodd	Diplomat	27-Oct-1869	9-Feb-1940	US Ambassador to Nazi Germany
Paul Ehrlich	Doctor	14-Mar-1854	20-Aug-1915	Father of chemotherapy
Joseph I. France	Politician	11-Oct-1873	26-Jan-1939	US Senator from Maryland, 1917-23
Klaus Fuchs	Spy	29-Dec-1911	28-Jan-1988	Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR
Walther Funk	Government	18-Aug-1890	31-May-1960	Reich economic minister
Hans-Dietrich Genscher	Politician	21-Mar-1927	31-Mar-2016	German Foreign Minister, 1974-92
Samuel Hahnemann	Doctor	10-Apr-1755	2-Jul-1843	Founder of homeopathy
William Stewart Halsted	Doctor	23-Sep-1852	7-Sep-1922	Pioneer of sterile surgical technique
Haldan K. Hartline	Scientist	22-Dec-1903	17-Mar-1983	Physiology of the retina
Ejnar Hertzsprung	Astronomer	8-Oct-1873	21-Oct-1967	Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
Johannes Holtfreter	Zoologist	9-Jan-1901	13-Nov-1992	Chemotaxis
Edmund Husserl	Philosopher	8-Apr-1859	26-Apr-1938	Phenomenological philosopher
Bernard Katz	Scientist	26-Mar-1911	20-Apr-2003	Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland
Gottfried Leibniz	Mathematician	1-Jul-1646	14-Nov-1716	Co-Inventor of calculus
Richard Lepsius	Historian	23-Dec-1810	10-Jul-1884	German Egyptologist
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing	Playwright	22-Jan-1729	15-Feb-1781	Laokoon
John Macleod	Scientist	6-Sep-1876	16-Mar-1935	Helped discover insulin
Angela Merkel	Head of State	17-Jul-1954		Chancellor of Germany
Georg Michaelis	Head of State	8-Sep-1857	24-Jul-1936	German Chancellor 1917
August Möbius	Astronomer	17-Nov-1790	26-Sep-1868	Möbius strip
Walther Nernst	Chemist	25-Jun-1864	18-Nov-1941	Third Law of Thermodynamics
Ivan Pavlov	Scientist	14-Sep-1849	27-Feb-1936	Conditioned reflexes
Rudolf Peierls	Physicist	5-Jun-1907	19-Sep-1995	Frisch-Peierls Memorandum
Leopold von Ranke	Historian	12-Dec-1795	23-May-1886	Prominent 19th century German historian
Gustav Stresemann	Head of State	10-May-1878	3-Oct-1929	German Chancellor 1923
Georg Philipp Telemann	Composer	14-Mar-1681	25-Jun-1767	German Baroque composer
Edward Teller	Physicist	15-Jan-1908	9-Sep-2003	Father of the Hydrogen Bomb
Johann Tetzel	Religion	c. 1460	4-Jul-1519	Seller of indulgences
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga	Physicist	31-Mar-1906	8-Jul-1979	Quantum electrodynamics
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg	Head of State	29-Nov-1856	1-Jan-1921	German Chancellor 1909-17
Bernhard von Bulow	Head of State	3-May-1849	28-Oct-1929	German Chancellor, 1900-09
Friedrich von Schlegel	Philosopher	10-Mar-1772	12-Jan-1829	Founder of the German Romantic movement
Alfred Wallenstein	Cellist	7-Oct-1898	8-Feb-1983	Music Director, LA Philharmonic, 1943-56
Felix Weingartner	Conductor	2-Jun-1863	7-May-1942	Conductor, Vienna Philharmonic, 1919-27
William H. Welch	Scientist	8-Apr-1850	30-Apr-1934	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Abraham Gottlob Werner	Geologist	25-Sep-1750	30-Jun-1817	Neptunist school of geology
Christa Wolf	Novelist	18-Mar-1929	1-Dec-2011	Divided Heaven
Christian Wolff	Philosopher	24-Jan-1679	9-Apr-1754	Philosopher of the Leibniz model

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Johann Sebastian Bach	Composer	21-Mar-1685	28-Jul-1750	Baroque composer
Ernst Bloch	Philosopher	8-Jul-1885	4-Aug-1977	Principle of Hope
Ludwig Boltzmann	Physicist	20-Feb-1844	5-Sep-1906	Atoms and molecules
Peter Debye	Physicist	24-Mar-1884	2-Nov-1966	Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Hans-Georg Gadamer	Philosopher	11-Feb-1900	13-Mar-2002	Truth and Method
Samuel Hahnemann	Doctor	10-Apr-1755	2-Jul-1843	Founder of homeopathy
Werner Heisenberg	Physicist	5-Dec-1901	1-Feb-1976	Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Gustav Hertz	Physicist	22-Jul-1887	30-Oct-1975	Franck-Hertz experiment
Friedrich Hund	Physicist	4-Feb-1896	31-Mar-1997	Quantum tunneling
August Möbius	Astronomer	17-Nov-1790	26-Sep-1868	Möbius strip
Theodor Mommsen	Historian	30-Nov-1817	1-Nov-1903	Roman History
Wilhelm Ostwald	Chemist	2-Sep-1853	4-Apr-1932	Ostwald's Law of Dilution and Conductivity
Wilhelm Weber	Physicist	24-Oct-1804	23-Jun-1891	Student of electromagnetism

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nathan Söderblom	Religion	15-Jan-1866	12-Jul-1931	Archbishop of Sweden

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