Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht von Grafe, or Graefe, was born on May 22, 1828 and died July 20, 1870. Graefe He was considered by many, a Prussian pioneer and founding father of 19th century ophthalmology. (Daroff and Aminoff) Father to Albrecht von Graefe and son to Karl Ferdinand von Graefe, he was born in Finkenheerd, Brandenburg. In Berlin, he studied anatomy, natural sciences, logic, and philosophy, going abroad to study in London, Prague, Vienna, and Paris. (Daroff and Aminoff) It was while abroad that Graefe decided to devote special focus to the field of ophthalmology.
He traveled back to Berlin to become an oculist where he established a private institute for eye treatment. His thesis, Uber die Wirkung der Augenmuskeln, led to his habiltation and eight years later, a position as an associate professor of ophthalmology. (Daroff and Aminoff) Eight years after that in 1866, he gained the position of full professor. His career continued to progress just four years later as he was elected to be part of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as a foreign member. (Daroff and Aminoff)
He married in 1862 with only one child out of three surviving into adulthood. Eight years after his marriage he died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 42 in 1870. Although he lived a short life, he managed to accomplish many things and contribute greatly to ophthalmological science. (Daroff and Aminoff) Considered as a notable figure of that era, in that field, two of his achievements...
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