Gottfried Wilhelm Becker
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Gottfried Wilhelm Becker (22 February 1778 – 17 January 1854) was a German physician and writer.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Becker was born and died in Leipzig. He translated some of Cooper's novels and Le mie prigioni (My Prisons) by Silvio Pellico. By his literary labors he accumulated $40,000. His son Karl Ferdinand, an organist and writer on musical topics, added a house worth $7,000 to this sum, and the whole was dedicated to the establishment of an educational and charitable institution for the blind in Leipzig.
References
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[edit | edit source]General references
[edit | edit source]- Neue Haus- und Reise-Apotheke, oder medicinisches Noth- und Hülfsbüchlein : nebst einer genauen Untersuchung aller wirksamen und überall zu habenden Hausmittel; für Oekonomen, Gutsbesitzer, Dorfprediger, Landleute und Reisende. Leipzig 1803 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Rezepte und Kurarten der besten Aerzte aller Zeiten . Vol. 1–4; several editions . Barth, Leipzig 1808–1818 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
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External links
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