Christian Friedrich Ludwig

Christian Friedrich Ludwig was a German physician and naturalist, born in Leipzig on 19 May 1757 and died there on 8 July 1823. He was the son of the botanist Christian Gottlieb Ludwig. He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig, where he obtained his habilitation in 1779, and in 1780 and 1781 he made a study journey through southern Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and England. Back in Leipzig he became an associate professor of medicine in 1782 and of natural history in 1787, and a full professor of pathology in 1796. Later chairs followed in therapy and materia medica from 1812 and in surgery from 1820, and he served twice as rector of the University of Leipzig, in 1801 and 1802 and again in 1807 and 1808.