Hermann David Weber

Sir Hermann David Weber FRCP (30 December 1823 – 11 November 1918) was a German physician who practised medicine in England.

Early life and education Hermann David Weber was born at Holzkirchen, Upper Bavaria, on 30 December 1823.

He attended gymnasium (high school) in Fulda, Hesse, in 1838. He started his medical studies at Marburg University in 1844, graduating from the University of Bonn in 1848. and the King Edward VII Sanatorium in Midhurst, West Sussex. He became a member of the Royal Numismatic Society in 1883, serving on its Council from 1889 to 1906, including as vice-president for some time. and had children. His son, Frederick Parkes Weber, was also a physician and coin collector. Another son, Frank Weber, was an officer in the Royal Artillery.

Death and legacy In 1895 Weber gave the RCP a donation of £3,000 to create a prize to be awarded triennially for the best essay on tuberculosis, in memory of his friend Edmund Parkes. This has continued into the 21st century as the Weber-Parkes Prize.

Selected publications The Spas and Mineral Waters of Europe (with Frederick Parkes Weber, 1896) On Means for the Prolongation of Life (1906)