Rudolf Virchow
13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902
Rudolf Virchow was a German physician, pathologist, and statesman known as the founder of modern pathology and social medicine. He advanced the theory of cellular pathology, encapsulated in the maxim that every cell arises from another cell, and was also active in public health reform and liberal politics.
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Life events
Rudolf Virchow was born in Pomerania, in a town now part of Poland.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe graduated in medicine from the Friedrich-Wilhelms Institute in Berlin.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSent to study the outbreak, he concluded its causes were largely social and political, shaping his views on public health.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took his first professorship at the University of Wurzburg, where his scientific reputation grew.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe accepted a new chair of pathological anatomy at the University of Berlin and directed its pathology institute.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis landmark work established the cell as the fundamental unit of disease and the basis of modern pathology.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe entered politics as a liberal, co-founding the German Progress Party and championing public health reform.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgRudolf Virchow died from complications of a broken hip at the age of 80.
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