Friedrich Miescher-His
| Born | 1811 |
| Died | 1887 |
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Biography of Friedrich Miescher-His
Friedrich-Miescher-His was the son of Johannes Miescher (1771-1846) who was both a farmer and a mill owner manufacturing and trading worldwide in woven linens. Graduating after his schooling at the ‘Gymnasium’ in Biel and his medical studies in Berne and Berlin with a doctoral degree in 1836, he was named in 1837, at the age of only 26, professor in ordinary pathology and pathological anatomy at the university of Basle. From 1844 to 1850 he taught at the University of Berne but, not very satisfied, he returned to Basle where he took up his old position at the university.
In 1843 he married Charlotte Antonie His, daughter of Eduard His (originally Ochs), manufacturer of silk ribbons, and Anna Catharina La Roche. In 1867 he obtained the ‘honorary’ citizenship of Basle for himself and his descendants.
His son was Johannes Friedrich Miescher-Rüsch (1844-1895), the discoverer of DNA.
We thank Guido Miescher, Switzerland, for information submitted.
Bibliography
- De ossium genesi, structura et vita. Doctoral dissertation, Berlin 1836.
- De inflammatione ossium eorumque anatome generali. Paper, 1836.
Published with a work of Johannes Müller on bone. - Ueber eigentümliche Schläuche in den Muskeln einer Hausmaus. Berichte über die Verhandlungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 1843, 5: 198-203.
- Bescheribung und Untersuchung des Monostoma bijugum. Basel, 1838.
- Die medicinische Facultät in Basel und ihr Aufschwung unter F. Plater und C. Bauhin mit dem Lebensbilde von Felix Plater. Basel, 1860.
Referring to Felix Plater (1536-1614) and Caspar Bauhin (1560-1624), professors of medicine at the University of Basle. - Wilhelm His (1831-1904):
Beiträge zur Anatomie des menschlichen Herzens : hern Prof. Dr. Fr. Miescher-His zum 9. Januar 1886, dem 50. Jubeltage seiner Promotion an der Universität Berlin.
Leipzig : F.C.W. Vogel, 1886. 20 pages. Includes bibliographical references. - Manfred Frey:
Friedrich Miescher-His (1811-1887) und sein Beitrag zur Histopathologie des Knochens. Basel 1962.