Heinrich von Ranke
German pediatrician (1830-1909)
Heinrich von Ranke (8 May 1830, Rückersdorf – 13 May 1909, Munich) was a German physiologist and pediatrician. He was the son of theologian Friedrich Heinrich Ranke (1798-1876) and the brother of anthropologist Johannes Ranke (1836-1916). Famed historian Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886) was his uncle.
Biography
Ranke studied at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, Leipzig University, the University of Erlangen, and the University of Tübingen. At the University of Erlangen, he was a student of the chemist Eugen von Gorup-Besánez, and at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, he was an assistant to physiologist Johannes Peter Müller (1849–1850). In 1851, he obtained his doctorate with a dissertation involving physiological-chemical studies on the behaviour of some organic substances in humans.
From 1853 to 1858, he was associated with the German Hospital in London, during which time, he also served as a civilian physician in the service of the British government in Smyrna and in the Crimea (1855–1856). In 1859, he received his habilitation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, becoming an honorary professor in 1863. In 1866, he was appointed director of the children's polyclinic at the Reisingerianum in Munich. Here he worked together with Max Sandreczky who became his assistant, and probably influenced Sandreczky's decision to dedicate his career to the care of children.
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