Markus Herz - Wikipedia Markus Herz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (October 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Markus Herz Portrait by Friedrich Georg Weitsch Born (1747-01-17)17 January 1747 Königsberg, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia Died 19 January 1803(1803-01-19) (aged 56) Königsberg, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia Education University of Königsberg Language German, Hebrew Markus (or Marcus) Herz (German: [hɛʁts]; Berlin, January 17, 1747 – Berlin, January 19, 1803) was a German Jewish physician and lecturer on philosophy. Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 References 4 Sources Biography[edit] Born in Berlin to very poor parents, Herz was destined for a mercantile career, and in 1762 went to Königsberg, East Prussia. He soon gave up his position as clerk and attended the University of Königsberg, becoming a pupil of Immanuel Kant, but was obliged to discontinue his studies for want of means. He thereupon became secretary to the wealthy Russian Ephraim, traveling with him through the Baltic Provinces. On August 21, 1770, he traveled from Berlin and acted as respondent when Kant presented his Inaugural dissertation at the University of Königsberg for the post of ordinary professor. In 1770 he had returned to Germany and studied medicine in Halle, where he became an Doctor of Medicine in 1774, in which year he established himself in Berlin, being appointed physician at the Jewish hospital. Beginning in 1777, he delivered public lectures on medicine and philosophy, which were well attended by the students and the principal personages of the Prussian capital. At some of them even members of the royal family were present. Herz married Henriette de Lemos in 1779 and their house was for a long time the rendezvous of Berlin's political, artistic, and literary celebrities. In 1782 he became ill through overstudy, and had to give up his lectures till 1785, when a sojourn in Bad Pyrmont restored his health. In 1791 he received the title of professor of philosophy at the academy and that of "Hofrath", but lectured only a few years, giving most of his time to his medical practice. Herz was a friend and pupil of Moses Mendelssohn, and was also well acquainted with Lessing. For many years, Herz corresponded with Kant and their letters are considered to be of philosophical importance. He died in Berlin. Works[edit] Herz was the author of: Betrachtungen aus der Spekulativen Weltweisheit, Königsberg, 1771; Freimüthige Kaffeegespräche Zweier Jüdischer Zuschauerinnen über den Juden Pinkus, Berlin, 1772, a satirical essay; Versuch über die Ursachen der Verschiedenheit des Geschmacks (or Versuch über den Geschmack), Mitau, 1776; Briefe an Aerzte, Berlin, 1777–84; Grundriss der Medizinischen Wissenschaften, ib. 1782; Versuch über den Schwindel, ib. 1786, 2d ed. 1791, an important study; Grundlage zu den Vorlesungen über die Experimental-Physik, ib. 1787; Ein Sendschreiben an die Redaktion der Meassefim über das zu Frühe Beerdigen der Todten bei den Juden, ib. 1789. Compulsory vaccination was strongly condemned by Herz, and in 1801 he wrote an open letter on the subject to Dr. D. Dohmeyer, under the heading "Ueber die Brutalimpfung". References[edit]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Missing or empty |title= (help) [1] by Isidore Singer & Frederick T. Haneman Sources[edit] R. J. Wunderbar, in Der Orient, Leipzig, June 30, 1849, pp. 408 et seq.; Ludwig Geiger, in Allg. Deutsche Biographie, 1880, xii. 261 et seq.; Oesterreichische Wochenschrift, Jan. 23, 1903, p. 59; Hirsch, A., Biog. Lex. 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