Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke
Ernst von Brücke, instrumental in the development of psychodynamics
Born	6 July 1819 Berlin
Died	January 7, 1892 Vienna
Nationality	Germany
Fields	physiology
Known for	psychodynamics
Influenced	Sigmund Freud

Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke (b. Ernst Wilhelm Brücke on 6 July 1819 in Berlin, Germany; d. January 7 1892 in Vienna, Austria) was a German physician and physiologist.

He is noted for his influence on Sigmund Freud, one of his medical students, an influence that led to the development of the science of psychodynamics.

[edit] Overview

• 1842 Graduated in medicine at the University of Berlin.
• 1843 Became research assistant to Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858)
• January 14, 1845 Founded the Physikalische Gesellschaft (Physical Society) in Berlin with Emil Du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) and others, in the house of physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1812-1870). Later, this became the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Society of Physics).
• 1848 Professor of Physiology at the University of Königsberg
• From 1849 Professor of Physiology at the University of Vienna.
• 1873 Knighted
• 1885 Elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
• 1890 Emigrated

[edit] Notes

Regarding personal names: Ritter is a title, translated approximately as Knight, not a first or middle name. There is no equivalent female form.

[edit] Selected works

• Brücke, Ernst W. 1848. Ueber die Bewegungen der Mimosa pudica. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin: 434-455
• Brücke, Ernst W. 1852. Beiträge zur vergleichenden Anatomie und Physiologie des Gefässsystems. Denkschriften: Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 3: 335-367
• Brücke, Ernst W. 1856. Grundzüge der Physiologie und Systematik der Sprachlaute für Linguisten und Taubstummenlehrer. Wien: C. Gerold & Sohn
• Brücke, Ernst W. 1861. Die Elementarorganismen. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 44: 381-406
• Brücke, Ernst W. 1866. Die Physiologie der Farben für die Zwecke der Kunstgewerbe. Leipzig: S. Hirzel
• Brücke, Ernst W. 1871. Die physiologischen Grundlagen der neuhochdeutschen Verskunst. Wien: C. Gerold & Sohn

[edit] External links

• Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke. WhoNamedIt.
• Biography and bibliography in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science