Gottfried Wilhelm Becker (22 February 1778 – 17 January 1854) was a German physician and writer.
Gottfried Wilhelm Becker | |
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| Born | 22 February 1778  Leipzig |
| Died | 17 January 1854 (aged 75) Leipzig |
| Occupation | Physician, author, translator, writer |
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Biography
editBecker 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.
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edit- 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
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). . The American Cyclopædia.
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