About Walter Burckhardt
Lived 1905 – 1971 (aged 66). Walter Burckhardt was a Swiss dermatologist and university teacher.
Walter Burckhardt (2 March 1905 – 29 October 1971) was a Swiss dermatologist most notable for his contributions on occupational dermatoses.
During the 1930s, Burckhardt took over from Max Tièche the management of the City Department for Skin and Venereal Diseases in Zurich; he became Privatdozent in 1938 and Titularprofessor in 1947 at the University of Zurich.
Publications Peter J. Lynch, Stephan Epstein (editors). Burckhardt's Atlas and manual of dermatology and venerology. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1977,
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Who was Walter Burckhardt?
dermatologist (1905-1971)
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Walter Burckhardt was born on 2 March 1905 in Zurich.
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Walter Burckhardt died on 29 October 1971 in Zurich.
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Walter Burckhardt was a dermatologist and university teacher.
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Walter Burckhardt was Swiss.
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