100 Notable alumni of
University of Greifswald
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The University of Greifswald is 631st in the world, 232nd in Europe, and 30th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Greifswald sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the University of Greifswald won Nobel Prizes in Physics.
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Caspar David Friedrich
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1790
- Occupations
- watercoloristlandscape painterpaintersculptorarchitectural draftsperson
- Biography
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Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical work, conveys a subjective, emotional response to the natural world. Friedrich's paintings often set contemplative human figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins. Art historian Christopher John Murray described their presence, in diminished perspective, amid expansive landscapes, as reducing the figures to a scale that directs "the viewer's gaze towards their metaphysical dimension".
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Philipp Amthor
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- 2012-2017 studied legal science
- Occupations
- politicianlobbyist
- Biography
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Philipp Amthor is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2017 German federal election.
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Ferdinand Sauerbruch
- Occupations
- surgeonuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch was a German surgeon. His major work was on the use of negative-pressure chambers for surgery.
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Vojislav Šešelj
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- 1979-1979 studied law
- Occupations
- military personneluniversity teacherlawyerwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Vojislav Šešelj is a Serbian politician. He is the founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS). From 1998 to 2000, he was a deputy prime minister of Serbia.
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Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
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- teacherpedagoguepoliticiangymnast
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Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin, the origin of modern sports clubs, as well as influencing the German Campaign of 1813, during which a coalition of German states effectively ended the occupation by Napoleon's First French Empire. His admirers know him as "Turnvater Jahn", roughly meaning "Father of Gymnastics Jahn". Jahn invented the parallel bars, rings, high bar, the pommel horse and the vault horse.
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Bernhard von Bülow
- Occupations
- authorstatespersondiplomatpolitician
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Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin, Prince of Bülow was a German politician who served as the imperial chancellor of the German Empire and minister-president of Prussia from 1900 to 1909. A fervent supporter of Weltpolitik, Bülow devoted his chancellorship to transforming Germany into a global power. Despite presiding over sustained economic growth and major scientific breakthroughs within his country, his government's bellicose foreign policy did much to antagonize France, Great Britain and Russia thereby significantly contributing to the outbreak of World War I.
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Ernst Mayr
- Occupations
- curatorscientific collectoruniversity teacherwriterevolutionary biologist
- Biography
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Ernst Walter Mayr was a German-American evolutionary biologist. He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, philosopher of biology, and historian of science. His work contributed to the conceptual revolution that led to the modern evolutionary synthesis of Mendelian genetics, systematics, and Darwinian evolution, and to the development of the biological species concept.
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Ernst Moritz Arndt
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherwriterhistorianpoet
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Ernst Moritz Arndt was a German nationalist historian, writer and poet. Early in his life, he fought for the abolition of serfdom, later against Napoleonic dominance over Germany. Arndt had to flee to Sweden for some time due to his anti-French positions. He is one of the main founders of German nationalism during the Napoleonic wars and the 19th century movement for German unification. After the Carlsbad Decrees, the forces of the restoration counted him as a demagogue.
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Ulrich von Hutten
- Occupations
- poetImperial Knightwriterphilosophermonk
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Ulrich von Hutten was a German knight, scholar, poet and satirist, who later became a follower of Martin Luther and a Protestant reformer.
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Hermann Löns
- Occupations
- writerpoetjournalistscreenwriter
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Hermann Löns was a German journalist and writer. He is most famous as "The Poet of the Heath" for his novels and poems celebrating the people and landscape of the North German moors, particularly the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. Löns is well known in Germany for his famous folksongs. He was also a hunter, naturalist and conservationist. Despite being well over the normal recruitment age, Löns enlisted and was killed in World War I and his purported remains were later used by the German government for celebratory purposes.
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Johannes Stark
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Johannes Stark was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919 for his discovery of the Stark effect.
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Theodor Billroth
- Occupations
- physicianpianistprofessorsurgeon
- Biography
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Christian Albert Theodor Billroth was a one of the most eminent surgeons of the 19. century, with spadework in gastrectomy, laryngectomy and anatomical pathology and generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery.
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Gustav Hermann Nachtigal
- Occupations
- writerexplorerbotanical collectorbotanist
- Biography
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Gustav Nachtigal was a German military surgeon and explorer of Central and West Africa. He is also known as the German Empire's consul-general for Tunisia and Commissioner for West Africa. His mission as commissioner resulted in Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German colonial empire.
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Johannes Bugenhagen
- Occupations
- university teachertheologianProtestant reformer
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Johannes Bugenhagen, also called Doctor Pomeranus by Martin Luther, was a German theologian and Lutheran priest who introduced the Protestant Reformation in the Duchy of Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century. Contributions of Karlstadt and Luther to the translation of theology into social legislation were most fully realized by Bugenhagen. Among his major accomplishments was organization of Lutheran churches in Northern Germany and Scandinavia. He has also been called the "Second Apostle of the North".
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Vydūnas
- Occupations
- writerpoetphilosopheruniversity teacher
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Wilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas, mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuanian teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian writer, a leader of the Prussian Lithuanian national movement in Lithuania Minor, and one of leaders of the theosophical movement in East Prussia.
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Curt Bräuer
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- diplomatjuristpolitician
- Biography
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Curt Bräuer was a German career diplomat.
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Werner Tübke
- Occupations
- painterteacheruniversity teacherphotographer
- Biography
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Werner Tübke was a German painter, best known for his monumental Peasants' War Panorama located in Bad Frankenhausen. Associated with the Leipzig School, he is "one of the few East German artists who gained recognition in West Germany."
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Nico Lange
- Occupations
- journalistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Nico Lange is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as former Federal Minister of Defence Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's chief of staff.
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Lothar Collatz
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1928
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Lothar Collatz was a German mathematician, born in Arnsberg, Westphalia.
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Gerhard Gentzen
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1928-1929
- Occupations
- university teacherlogicianphilosophermathematicianpedagogue
- Biography
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Gerhard Karl Erich Gentzen was a German mathematician and logician. He made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics, proof theory, especially on natural deduction and sequent calculus. He died of starvation in a Czech prison camp in Prague in 1945.
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Ludwik Rydygier
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teachersurgeonmilitary officerphysician
- Biography
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Ludwik Antoni Rydygier was a Polish surgeon, professor of medicine, rector of the University of Lwów and Brigadier General of the Polish Army. He was one of the most distinguished Polish and worldwide known surgeons in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1859
- Occupations
- anatomistembryologistuniversity teachereditor-in-chiefneuroscientist
- Biography
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Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz was a German anatomist, known for summarizing neuron theory and for naming the chromosome. He is also remembered by anatomical structures of the human body which were named after him: Waldeyer's tonsillar ring (the lymphoid tissue ring of the naso- and oropharynx) and Waldeyer's glands (of the eyelids).
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Fritz Müller
- Occupations
- scientistentomologistbotanistnaturalistbiologist
- Biography
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Johann Friedrich Theodor Müller, better known as Fritz Müller ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈfɾits ˈmileʁ]), and also as Müller-Desterro, was a German biologist who emigrated to southern Brazil, where he lived in and near the city of Blumenau, Santa Catarina. There he studied the natural history of the Atlantic forest and was an early advocate of Darwinism. Müllerian mimicry is named after him.
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Otto Nordenskjöld
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1893
- Occupations
- geologistexplorerscientific collectorgeographeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.
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Hermann Burmeister
- Occupations
- marine biologistbotanical collectorscientific collectoruniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botanist, and coleopterologist. He served as a professor at the University of Halle, headed the museum there and published the Handbuch der Entomologie (1832–1855) before moving to Argentina where he worked until his death.
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René Springer
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- politician
- Biography
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René Springer is a German politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). Springer has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg since 2017, and the leader of the AfD state section in Brandenburg since 2024.
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Hans Brask
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1487
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Hans Brask was a Swedish Bishop of Linköping.
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Georg Stiernhielm
- Occupations
- philosopherarchaeologistpoet lawyermathematicianwriter
- Biography
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Georg Stiernhielm was a Swedish civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet. He has been called "the father of the Swedish skald art".
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Lucidor
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1655
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Lars "Lasse" Johansson, usually referred to under his pseudonym Lucidor ( pronounced [ˈlʉ̌ːsɪdɔr]), was a Swedish baroque poet. He is remembered for his burlesque poetry that is seen as foreshadowing that of Johan Runius and, especially, Carl Michael Bellman, and for his dramatic death in a tumultuous brawl at the Fimmelstången tavern in Gamla stan in Stockholm. Lasse Johansson wrote under several different pseudonyms, but of these Lucidor (or Lucidor den olycklige, "Lucidor the Unfortunate", as he called himself on occasion) is the one under which he is commonly known today.
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Abraham Jacobi
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- university teacherpediatricianphysician
- Biography
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Abraham Jacobi was a German physician and pioneer of pediatrics. He was a key figure in the movement to improve child healthcare and welfare in the United States and opened the first children's clinic in the country. To date, he is the only foreign-born president of the American Medical Association. He helped found the American Journal of Obstetrics. He is regarded as the Father of American Pediatrics.
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Walter Serner
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- 1912-1913 graduated with Doctor of Both Laws
- Occupations
- juristwriteropinion journalisteditorshort story writer
- Biography
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Walter Serner was a German-language writer and essayist. His manifesto Letzte Lockerung was an important text of Dadaism.
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Hans Freyer
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosophersociologist
- Biography
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Johannes "Hans" Freyer was a German sociologist and philosopher of the conservative revolutionary movement.
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Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach
- Years
- 1792-1847 (aged 55)
- Occupations
- university teacherphysiciansurgeon
- Biography
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Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach was a German surgeon. He was born in Königsberg and died in Berlin.
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Johannes Dantiscus
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1499
- Occupations
- Catholic priestpoetCatholic bishopdiplomat
- Biography
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Johannes Dantiscus, was prince-bishop of Warmia and Bishop of Chełmno (Culm). In recognition of his diplomatic services for Polish kings, the bishop and poet is also known as the "Father of Polish Diplomacy."
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Thomas Thorild
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- literary criticuniversity teacherwriterphilosopherpoet
- Biography
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Thomas Thorild, was a Swedish poet, critic, feminist and philosopher. He was noted for his early support of women's rights. In his 1793 treatise Om kvinnokönets naturliga höghet he advocated gender equality.
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John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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John Frederick was Duke of Pomerania from 1560 to 1600, and Bishop of Cammin (Kamień) from 1556 to 1574. Elected bishop in 1556 and heir of the duchy in 1560, he remained under the tutelage of his great-uncle Barnim XI until he took on his offices in 1567.
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Joseph von Mering
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- university teacherpharmacologistphysician
- Biography
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Josef, Baron von Mering was a German physician.
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Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania
- Occupations
- aristocrat
- Biography
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Bogislaw XIII of Pomerania (9 August 1544 – 7 March 1606), son of Philip I and Maria of Saxony, was a prince of Stettin and Wolgast, and a member of the Griffins.
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Ernest Louis of Pomerania
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- aristocrat
- Biography
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Ernst Ludwig was duke of Pomerania from 1560 to 1592. From 1569 to 1592, he was duke in the Teilherzogtum Pomerania-Wolgast, sharing the rule over the Duchy of Pomerania with his older brother Johann Friedrich, duke in the other Teilherzogtum Pomerania-Stettin and bishop of Cammin.
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Bengt Lidner
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1776
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Bengt Lidner was a Swedish poet, born in Gothenburg. His opera Medea was translated to English and played in England during his lifetime, but wasn't played in Sweden until 2004.
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Karl Rudolphi
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- botanical collectorphysiologistbiologistuniversity teacherparasitologist
- Biography
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Karl Asmund Rudolphi was a Swedish-born German naturalist, who is credited with being the "father of helminthology".
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Friedrich Spielhagen
- Occupations
- writerjournalistlinguisttranslatorpoet
- Biography
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Friedrich Spielhagen was a German novelist, literary theorist and translator. He tried a number of careers in his early 20s, but at 25 began writing and translating. His best known novel is Sturmflut and his novel In Reih' und Glied was quite successful in Russia.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Weber
- Occupations
- poetwritertranslatorpoliticianphysician writer
- Biography
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Friedrich Wilhelm Weber was a German doctor, politician of the Prussian House of Deputies, and poet.
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Michael Succow
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- 1960-1965 graduated with Diplom in biology
- Occupations
- biologistecologistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Michael Succow is a German biologist and ecologist. His numerous publications are mostly devoted to the ecology of moorlands and his typology of moorlands is today used as a standard classifications strategy for moorlands.
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Peter Adolf Thiessen
- Occupations
- politicianchemist
- Biography
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Peter Adolf Thiessen was a German physical chemist and a tribologist– he is credited as the founder of the tribochemistry.
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Barnim IX, Duke of Pomerania
- Years
- 1501-1573 (aged 72)
- Occupations
- aristocrat
- Biography
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Barnim XI, son of Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania, became duke on his father's death in 1523.
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Otto Ostrowski
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1909
- Occupations
- pedagogueresistance fighterpolitician
- Biography
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Otto Ostrowski was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Mayor of Berlin in 1946–1947.
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Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ was a Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Cammin and official in the service of Brandenburg-Prussia.
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Carl Ludwig Schleich
- Occupations
- painterpoetuniversity teacherphilosophersurgeon
- Biography
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Carl Ludwig Schleich was a German surgeon and writer. He is best known for his contribution to clinical anesthesia. In addition, he was also a philosopher, poet and painter.
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Max Schultze
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- botanistuniversity teacheranatomistzoologist
- Biography
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Max Johann Sigismund Schultze was a German microscopic anatomist noted for his work on cell theory.
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Erik von Malottki
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Erik von Malottki is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election and he represents the constituency of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte I – Vorpommern-Greifswald II.
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Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterparsonLutheran pastorpoet
- Biography
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Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten, also known as Ludwig Theobul or Ludwig Theoboul, was a German poet and Lutheran preacher. His son Gottfried (1792-1860) became an orientalist, Arabist, and historian at Jena and Greifswald.
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Willy Hellpach
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- 1895-1903 graduated with Doctor of Medicine in medicine
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianjournalistneurologistpsychologist
- Biography
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Willy Hugo Hellpach was the sixth State President of Baden. He was a member of the German Democratic Party (DDP). He was also a physician and psychologist.
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Alexander Koenig
- Occupations
- herpetologistzoologistzoological collectorornithologistnaturalist
- Biography
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Alexander Ferdinand Koenig was a German naturalist and zoologist. Making use of the family wealth earned from the sugar business, he went on collection expeditions and founded what is now known as the Museum Koenig in Bonn in 1912.
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Hans von Pechmann
- Occupations
- university teacherchemist
- Biography
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Freiherr Hans von Pechmann was a German chemist, renowned for his discovery of diazomethane in 1894. Pechmann condensation and Pechmann pyrazole synthesis. He also first prepared 1,2-diketones (e.g., diacetyl), acetonedicarboxylic acid, methylglyoxal and diphenyltriketone; established the symmetrical structure of anthraquinone.
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Carl Meinhof
- Occupations
- university teacherlinguistpolitician
- Biography
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Carl Friedrich Michael Meinhof was a German linguist and one of the first linguists to study African languages.
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Julius Friedrich Cohnheim
- Occupations
- physicianpathologistuniversity teacheranatomist
- Biography
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Julius Friedrich Cohnheim was a German-Jewish pathologist.
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Hermann Haken
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Hermann Haken was a lawyer and politician, most notable as a high mayor of city of Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland). During his 29-year term in office lasting from 1878 to 1907, he developed Stettin into a modern city and one of the most important industrial and port cities in the region of Baltic Sea.
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Francis, Duke of Pomerania
- Occupations
- Lutheran pastor
- Biography
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Francis of Pomerania was Duke of Pomerania-Stettin and Bishop of Cammin.
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Ilka Agricola
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ilka Agricola is a German mathematician specialising in differential geometry and its applications in mathematical physics. She is the dean of mathematics and computer science at the University of Marburg, where she has also been responsible for making the university's collection of mathematical models public.
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Walter von Keudell
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Walter von Keudell was a German forest expert and politician. He served as interior minister of Germany between 1927 and 1928 during the period of the Weimar Republic.
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Enno Littmann
- Occupations
- historianorientalistuniversity teachertranslator
- Biography
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Ludwig Richard Enno Littmann was a German orientalist. In 1906, he succeeded Theodor Nöldeke as chair of Oriental languages at the University of Strasbourg. Later on, he served as a professor of Oriental languages at the Universities of Göttingen (1914–16), Bonn (1918–21) and Tübingen (1921–49).
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Haquin Spegel
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1661
- Occupations
- priesthymnwritertheologianpolitician
- Biography
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Haquin Spegel was a Swedish religious author and hymn writer who held several bishop's seats.
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Carl Friedrich von Ledebour
- Occupations
- botanistbotanical collectorscientific collectoruniversity teachermineralogist
- Biography
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Carl Friedrich von Ledebour was a Baltic German botanist.
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Carl Gustaf af Leopold
- Occupations
- translatorpoetlibrarianwriter
- Biography
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Carl Gustaf af Leopold was a Swedish poet.
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Hans Bentzien
- Occupations
- radio editoropinion journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Hans Bentzien was a German writer and politician who served as the culture minister of East Germany from 1961 to 1966. Being a member of the ruling party Socialist Unity Party (SED), he held several political and public posts in East Germany.
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Friedrich Hirth
- Occupations
- historiansinologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Friedrich Hirth Ph.D. was a German-American sinologist.
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Hermann Landois
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterzoologist
- Biography
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Hermann Landois was a German zoologist. He was the brother of physiologist Leonard Landois (1837–1902). He belonged to the Catholic popularizers of science who gained attraction in late nineteenth-century Germany.
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Hans Schlange-Schöningen
- Occupations
- farmermilitary officerpolitician
- Biography
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Hans Schlange-Schöningen was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a member of the German Bundestag.
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Wilhelm Biltz
- Occupations
- university teacherchemist
- Biography
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Wilhelm Biltz was a German chemist and scientific editor.
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Eugen Zintgraff
- Occupations
- planter classexplorerwriter
- Biography
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Eugen Zintgraff was a German explorer.
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Anton Reichenow
- Occupations
- scientific collectorzoological collectorherpetologistornithologistzoologist
- Biography
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Anton Reichenow was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.
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Johann Joachim Spalding
- Occupations
- theologianphilosopher
- Biography
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Johann Joachim Spalding was a German Protestant theologian and philosopher of Scottish ancestry who was a native of Tribsees, Swedish Pomerania. He was the father of Georg Ludwig Spalding, a professor at Grauen Kloster in Berlin.
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Casimir VI, Duke of Pomerania
- Occupations
- elected bishop
- Biography
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Casimir VI was a member of the House of Griffin who ruled as Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Cammin.
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Heinrich Braun
- Occupations
- surgeonuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Braun was a German surgeon remembered for his work in the field of anaesthesiology. He was a native of Rawitsch, Province of Posen (today called Rawicz, Poland).
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Hans von Arnim
- Occupations
- classical philologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Hans von Arnim was a German-Austrian classical philologist, who specialized in studies of Plato and Aristotle.
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Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert
- Occupations
- university teacherchemistphysicist
- Biography
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Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert was a German physicist and chemist, and professor of physics at the University of Leipzig. From 1799-1824, he published the "Annalen der Physik", of which Poggendorffs "Annalen der Physik und Chemie" was a continuation.
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Peter Adolf Hall
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Peter Adolf Hall, also known as PA Hall or Peter Adolphe Hall,, was a Swedish-French artist who mainly devoted himself to miniature painting.
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Ludwig Traube
- Occupations
- university teacherclassical philologistpalaeographer
- Biography
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Ludwig Traube was a German paleographer and held the first chair of Medieval Latin in Germany while at the University of Munich. He was a son of the physician Ludwig Traube (1818–1876), and the brother of the chemist Margarete Traube (1856–1912).
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Rudolf Criegee
- Occupations
- university teacherchemist
- Biography
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Rudolf Criegee was a German organic chemist.
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August Thienemann
- Occupations
- university teacherbiologistzoologistlimnologistecologist
- Biography
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August Friedrich Thienemann was a German limnologist, zoologist and ecologist. He studied zoology at the University of Greifswald.
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Thomas Henning
- Occupations
- astrophysicistastronomerphysicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Thomas K. Henning is a German astrophysicist. He was a director at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy between 2001 and 2024. Henning is an expert in the field of star and planet formation.
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Antoni Jurasz
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Antoni Stanisław Jurasz was a Polish laryngologist who was a native of Spławie (Posen). He spent most of his life living and working in what was then the German Empire. He was the father of surgeon Antoni Tomasz Jurasz (1882–1961).
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Max Lenz
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- historianmedievalistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Max Albert Wilhelm Lenz was a German historian.
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Walther Spielmeyer
- Occupations
- pathologistneuropathologistuniversity teacherpsychiatristneurologist
- Biography
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Walther Spielmeyer was a German neuropathologist who was a native of Dessau.
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Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen
- Occupations
- physicianpathologistuniversity teacherinternist
- Biography
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Hugo von Ziemssen (13 December 1829 – 21 January 1902) was a German physician, born in Greifswald.
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Julian Coolidge
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1902-1903
- Occupations
- university teachermathematicianhistorian of mathematics
- Biography
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Julian Lowell Coolidge was an American mathematician, historian, a professor and chairman of the Harvard University Mathematics Department.
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Max Delbrück
- Occupations
- university teacherchemist
- Biography
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Max Emil Julius Delbrück was a German agricultural chemist.
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Rudolf Asmis
- Occupations
- diplomatjurist
- Biography
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Rudolf Albert August Wilhelm Asmis was a German jurist, colonial official and diplomat who served as Minister to Siam and Consul-General for Australia.
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Wilhelm Ahlwardt
- Occupations
- writerscientistuniversity teacherlibrarian
- Biography
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Wilhelm Ahlwardt was a German orientalist who specialized in research of Arabic literature. He was the son of philologist Christian Wilhelm Ahlwardt (1760–1830).
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Otto Gottlieb Mohnike
- Occupations
- physicianentomologistbotanistmilitary officer of healthcare
- Biography
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Otto Gottlieb Mohnike was a German physician and naturalist who was a native of Stralsund. He was the son of philologist Gottlieb Mohnike (1781–1841).
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Carl Christoffer Gjörwell Sr
- Occupations
- historianlibrarianliterary critic
- Biography
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Carl Christoffer Gjörwell, was a Swedish journalist, a prolific editor of some twenty journals and a psalmist whose hymns were published in the Moravian hymnal Sions Nya Sånger ("New songs of Zion") and elsewhere. His name is alternatively rendered as Carl Christoffersson Gjörwell, Carl Christopher Gjörwell or Karl Kristofer Gjörwell.
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Anders Spole
- Enrolled in the University of Greifswald
- Studied in 1652
- Occupations
- mathematicianastronomer
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Anders Spole was a Swedish mathematician and astronomer. He was born at a farm in Målen, the son of blacksmith Per Andersson and his wife Gunilla Persdotter. At the age of twelve he started studying at Jönköpings skola and was sent to the University of Greifswald in 1652. After three years of studies he continued at other universities in Prussia and Saxony, until his return to Barnarp in 1655, where he started preaching in the local church. He continued to study mathematics at Uppsala University, while at the same time being a tutor baron Sjöblad's sons. In 1663, he became a master craftsman of fireworks and the arts of navigation. The following year he accompanied the young Sjöblads on their peregrination around Europe.
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Friedrich Christian Rosenthal
- Occupations
- anatomistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Friedrich Christian Rosenthal was a German anatomist who was a native of Greifswald.
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Johann Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten
- Occupations
- orientalistuniversity teachertheologianphilologistlinguist
- Biography
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Johann Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten was a German orientalist born in Altenkirchen on the island of Rügen. He was the son of ecclesiastic Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1758–1818).
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Hermann Iseke
- Occupations
- poet lawyerpoetwriter
- Biography
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Dr. Hermann Iseke was a German minister in military service.
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Rudolf Arndt
- Occupations
- university teacherbotanistpsychiatrist
- Biography
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Rudolf Gottfried Arndt was a German psychiatrist from Bialken, district of Marienwerder.
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Veijo Puhjo
- Occupations
- medical specialistphysicianpolitician
- Biography
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Veijo Olavi Puhjo was a Finnish politician who was a member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance. He was elected to the parliament in 1995 and left after the 2011 election. Puhjo was a physician by profession. He graduated from the Greifswald Medical School of the University of Greifswald in Germany.
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Philip von Platen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Philip Julius Bernhard von Platen was a Swedish politician and field marshal.
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Leonard Landois
- Occupations
- physiologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Leonard Landois was a German physiologist born in Münster.
