| Authorised form of name | Virchow; Rudolph Ludwig Karl (1821 - 1902) |
| Dates | 1821 - 1902 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Schivelbein, Pomerania, Germany |
| Date of birth | 13 October 1821 |
| Place of death | Berlin, Germany |
| Date of death | 05/09/1902 |
| Occupation | Politician; Surgeon |
| Research field | Pathology |
| Social medicine |
| Anthropology |
| Activity | Education:
Friedrich Wilhelm Institut, Berlin. MD (1843)
Career:
Prosector of Anatomy, Berlin; Assistant, Charite Hospital, Berlin; Privat Docent in Pathology; dismissed from post for suggesting reforms after an outbreak of fever in Silesia (1848); Professor of Pathology, Wirzburg (1849-1856); published 'Cellular pathologie' (1858); Professor of Pathological Anatomy, Berlin
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 31/01/1884 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1892
Lectures:
Croonian 1893 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 297-300 signed by P H P S
References:
Vanity Fair 25 May 1893 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/34505480 |
| Royal Society code | NA6660 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1884/04 | Virchow, Rudolph Ludwig Karl: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| M/239 | Virchow, Rudolf Ludwig Karl | Late 19th century |
| NLB/7/561 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Editor, 'The Times' | 13 March 1893 |
| IM/004744 | Virchow, Rudolph Ludwig Karl | nd |
| NLB/7/536 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Editor, 'British Medical Journal' | 8 March 1893 |
| NLB/7/532 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Marc Armand Ruffer | 7 March 1893 |
| NLB/7/527 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir John Evans, Fellow of the Royal Society | 7 March 1893 |
| NLB/6/908 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Dr Philip Henry Pye-Smith, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 September 1892 |
| NLB/7/126 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Rudolph Ludwig Karl Virchow | 6 December 1892 |
| NLB/7/652 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Richard Wolfgang Semon | 6 April 1893 |
| NLB/6/1169 | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Rudolph Ludwig Karl Virchow | 3 November 1892 |
| NLB/6/1163 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Sir Charles William Fremantle | 3 November 1892 |
| NLB/7/78 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the German Ambassador, Carlton House Terrace | 24 November 1892 |
| NLB/7/526 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Alfred Haviland, Douglas, Isle of Man | 7 March 1893 |
| NLB/7/131 | Copy letter from Sir Archibald Geikie, to the German Ambassador | 6 December 1892 |
| NLB/7/821 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Herrn Professor Dr Rudolph Ludwig Karl Virchow, Foreign Member Royal Society | 3 May 1893 |
| NLB/5/827 | Copy letter from William Thomson, to Herrn Professor Virchow, Foreign Member of the Royal Society | 29 October 1891 |
| NLB/7/476 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Hutchinson, Fellow of the Royal Society, 15 Cavendish Square | 25 February 1893 |
| NLB/7/494 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Marc Armand Ruffer, 19 Iddesleigh Mansions, Westminster | 2 March 1893 |
| NLB/7/528 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster | 7 March 1893 |
| NLB/7/553 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society | 11 March 1893 |
| NLB/7/558 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to His Excellencey, the German Ambassador | 13 March 1893 |
| NLB/7/542 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society | 9 March 1893 |
| NLB/23/2/115 | Copy letter from Sir William Huggins, to Professor Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow | 13 October 1901 |
| NLB/7/518 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Marc Armand Ruffer, 19 Iddesleigh Mansions, Westminster, S.W. | 6 March 1893 |
| NLB/7/522 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society | 6 March 1893 |
| MC/13/1 | Letter from Rudolf Virchow, 10 Schellingstrasse, Berlin, to the Royal Society | 8 January 1884 |
| MC/13 | Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1884 |