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David Veit

1771 – 1814

German doctor and writer

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Lived 1771 – 1814 (aged 42). David Veit was a German physician and writer.

David Veit (8 November 1771, in Breslau – 15 April 1814) was a medical doctor and writer from the Kingdom of Prussia.

Life His father, Juda Veit (1716–1786), was a banker, and his brother, Simon Veit, was the husband of Moses Mendelssohn's daughter Brendel, making David uncle to the painters Johannes and Philipp Veit. During David Veit's time as a student, he began a correspondence with Rahel Varnhagen von Ense, in which Veit also describes meeting the poet Goethe. Veit and Abraham Mendelssohn travelled to study in Paris before Veit moved to Hamburg in 1799, where he worked as a doctor and writer and became associated with figures including Johann Albert Heinrich Reimarus, Friedrich Christoph Perthes, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and Johann Gottlieb Fichte.

Works De organorum corporis humani tam energia seu activitate interna quam cum organis sociis connexione sen sympathia, Halle 1797 Allgemeine theoretische und praktische Grundsätze der chemischen Affinität oder Wahlanziehung zum gemeinnützigen Gebrauch für Naturforscher, Chemisten, Aerzte und Apotheker, Berlin 1794 J. A. H. Reimarus nach zurückgelegten Fünfzig Jahren seiner medizinischen Laufbahn. Ein biographischer Beytrag zur Feyer des 29. Aprils, Hamburg 1807

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Who was David Veit?

German doctor and writer

When was David Veit born?

David Veit was born on 8 November 1771 in Wrocław.

When did David Veit die?

David Veit died on 15 April 1814 in Hamburg.

What was David Veit's occupation?

David Veit was a physician and writer.

What nationality was David Veit?

David Veit was German.

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· Wikipedia: David Veit

· Wikidata: Q107748

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