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Authorised form of nameKuhne; Willy (1837 - 1900)
Other forms of nameWilhelm Friedrich
Dates1837 - 1900
NationalityGerman
Place of birthHamburg, Germany
Date of birth28 March 1837
Place of deathHeidelberg, Germany
Date of death10 or 11 June 1900
Research fieldPhysiology
Physiological chemistry
ActivityEducation:
Gottingen University. PhD (1857), MD honoris causa (1862)
Career:
Assistant, Berlin Pathological Institute (1861); Professor of Physiology, Heidelberg; worked on the chemistry of proteins; died of pneumonia
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election19/05/1892
Royal Society activityLectures:
Croonian 1888
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Name from R and index to BR; Altname from index to BR and DSB
Notes:
BR gives death date as 11 June 1900.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/107639815
Royal Society codeNA6216
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1892/03Kuhne, Willy: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/2/510Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company24 July 1888
NLB/2/701Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster [Royal Society]13 October 1888
NLB/2/907Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Willy Kühne, Univeritat, Neidelberg15 December 1888
MC/14/290Letter from Benjamin Vincent, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Institution, Albermarle Street, to Herbert Rix, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society7 February1888
NLB/6/708Copy letter from Theodore E James, to [Harrisons]30 June 1892
NLB/20/751Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons[28 June 1900]
MC/15/295Letter from [Wilhelm] Kühne, Heidelberg, to the Secretary of the Royal Society3 July 1892
MC/14Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1885-1888
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