Rolf Emmrich (27 August 1910 – 5 May 1974) was a

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. Emmrich was born in

Freiberg, Saxony Freiberg () is a college town, university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany, with around 41,000 inhabitants. The city lies in the foreland of the Ore Mountains, in the Saxon urbanization axis, which runs along the northern edge of the ...

. He studied at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

and

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...

(Ph.D. 1936) and subsequently held the positions of privat-docent at the

University of Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public research university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. MLU offers German and i ...

in 1948. Since 1954 he was professor at the

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. In 61 Emmrich became a member of

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, in 1963 member of the Leopoldina. In 1930 Emmrich joined the fraternity

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. In 1974 he died in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emmrich, Rolf 1910 births 1974 deaths Physicians from Saxony German internists University of Freiburg alumni University of Tübingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Halle Academic staff of Leipzig University People from Freiberg