Ledderhose, Georg

Georg Ledderhose
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Name	Ledderhose, Georg Gender: M
Birthname	George Daniel Ledderhose
born on	29 March 1875 at 19:00 (= 7:00 PM )
Place	Kassel, Germany, 51n19, 9e29
Timezone	LMT m9e29 (is local mean time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	08°40' 03°56 Asc. 15°21'

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Georg Ledderhose
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Biography

German surgeon, the first to describe the condition of plantar fibromatosis in 1894, which was later known as Ledderhose's disease.

Ledderhose studied in Strasbourg under Georg Albert Lücke (1829-1894), receiving his medical doctorate in 1880 and later working in Strasbourg hospital as a surgeon. He became Professor for Surgery in Strasbourg in 1891. He later worked in Munich, where he became honorary professor.

In 1876, Ledderhose discovered glycosamine whilst working on cartilage with Ernst Felix Immanuel Hoppe-Seyler (1825-1895) in Strassburg. Although first identified by him, the stereochemistry of the compound was not fully defined until 1939 by the work of Walter Haworth.

Ledderhose died on 1 February 1925 in Munich, Germany, aged 69.

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 1 February 1925 (Age 69)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Hesse Archives. Birth place of Meimbressen is near Kassel.

Categories

• Vocation : Medical : Surgeon

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Glycosamine)

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator ("Ledderhose's disease")