Person Kronecker; Hugo (1839 - 1914) Kronecker Hugo 1839 - 1914 German Male Liegnitz [Legnica, Poland], Prussian Silesia 27 January 1839 18390127 Bad Nauheim, Germany, Europe 06/06/1914 19140606

Physiologist Physiology Education: Berlin, Heidelberg, and Pisa; MD Berlin; D. Sc Cambridge, honorary Doctor of Laws (University of Glasgow) (1901) Career: Leipzig Physiological Institute, later known as Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology with Carl Ludwig (1868); lectured with a thesis on fatigue and recovery of skeletal muscles (1872); department director in the Physiological Institute, Berlin (1878); appointed chairman of Physiology at the University of Bern, Switzerland (1885) where he built a new Institute of Physiology. Siblings: Leopold Kronecker (For Mem RS 1884) Died suddenly of apoplexy. First to study, along with his learner Samuel James Meltzer, oesophageal manometry in humans. Chiefly investigated the contractility of muscle, movements of the heart, and the effect upon it of rarefied air. At the same time as Marey, discovered that during one period of its cycle the ventricle will not respond to stimuli. Discovered what is now referred to as Kronecker's point in the heart, puncture of which causes the heart to stop at once and permanently. His investigations on the effect of rarefied air upon the circulation convinced him that the ascent even to considerable altitudes if unaccompanied by muscular strain is without danger, and on his report to this effect the building of the well-known Jungfrau Tunnel (Bernese Alps, Switzerland) was begun. Foreign Member 25/03/1909 70 J Rose Bradford; G H Darwin; Fred T Trouton; Frederick W Mott; C A Parsons; William Crookes; H M Macdonald; Horace Lamb; James Stirling Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Nature volume 93, pages410–411 (1914), Lauder Brunton, Prof. Hugo Kronecker, for.Mem.R.S., [URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/093410a0; last accessed: 11/01/2024] Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1915-1917 vol 89 pp xlix-l, plate, signed by E A S International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 27 Jan 1839 - 6 Jun 1914 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 11/01/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5019 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 11/01/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 7c498f11-22f0-4d04-944d-444732ce7d64