Ferdinand Hueppe
- Category : 1852-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 2/4 - Hermit / Opportunist
- Definition : Split - Small (17,56)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX The Sleeping Phoenix 3
Biography
German bacteriologist remembered for his pioneering investigations of hormesis in regards to chemical stimulation/inhibition of bacterial growth. The eponymous "Hueppe’s rule" is an historical term synonymous with hormesis.
From 1872 to 1876, Hueppe studied medicine at the University of Berlin, afterwards serving as a military surgeon. From 1880 to 1884 he was a member of bacteriologist Robert Koch's staff in Berlin, and later worked at Carl Remigius Fresenius' institute (the Chemischen Institut Fresenius) in Wiesbaden. From 1889 to 1912 he was a professor at Charles University in Prague.
From 1900 to 1904, he was the first Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB, German Football Association) president.
He died on 15 September 1938 in Dresden, Germany, aged 86.