About Wilhelm Prausnitz
Lived 1861 – 1933 (aged 71–72). Wilhelm Prausnitz was a German physician and university teacher.
Wilhelm Prausnitz (January 1, 1861 in Glogau – September 11, 1933 in Munich) was a hygiene specialist.
In 1879 he completed his university entrance examination together with Siegfried Czapski, Richard Reitzenstein and Felix Skutsch.
A full professor since 1899 and was head of the hygiene institute; the dean of the medical school at Graz, Austria, as well as a Privy Counsellor.
His grandson Frederik William Prausnitz (1920-2004) was a conductor and teacher.
Prausnitz, his son, rejected the Nazi regime.
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Who was Wilhelm Prausnitz?
German physician (1861–1933)
When was Wilhelm Prausnitz born?
Wilhelm Prausnitz was born in 1861 in Głogów.
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Wilhelm Prausnitz died on 11 September 1933 in Munich.
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Wilhelm Prausnitz was a physician and university teacher.
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Wilhelm Prausnitz was German.
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