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Authorised form of nameHoffmann; Friedrich (1660 - 1742)
Other forms of nameFredericus Henricus
Dates1660 - 1742
NationalityGerman
Place of birthHalle, Germany
Date of birth19 February 1660
Place of deathHalle, Germany
Date of death12 November 1742
ActivityEducation:
Jena; Erfurt. MD
Career:
Taught at Jena; travelled to Holland and England where he met Robert Boyle (FRS 1663); returned to practise in Minden (1684) and Halberstadt; Professor of Medicine, Halle (1693); Personal Physician and Counsellor to Friedrich I in Berlin (1709-1712)
Memberships:
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (1696)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1720
ProposerFrederic Slare
Henry Plumptre
Sir Hans Sloane
RelationshipsSon of Freidrich Hoffmann the elder, Physician, of Halle
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DBE; Hirsch
CodeNA1321
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EL/H3/129Letter, from Friedric Hoffmann to the Royal Society1725
IM/002163Hoffmann, Friedrichnd
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