Maximilian Meyer Heine (November 6, 1807 - November 6, 1879) was a German doctor and Russian state councilor. He served with the

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during the

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. He was the youngest brother of

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; ; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was an outstanding poet, writer, and literary criticism, literary critic of 19th-century German Romanticism. He is best known outside Germany for his ...

. He graduated from the universities of Berlin and Munich in 1829 and joined the Russian army as a surgeon.„Medicinische Zeitung Russlands“, Petersburg, 1. Jg. 184
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until 17. Jg. 186
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/ref> He died in Berlin in 1879.

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German military doctors Physicians from the Russian Empire Military personnel of the Russian Empire 1807 births 1879 deaths Immigrants to the Russian Empire {{Germany-med-bio-stub