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Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht von Gräfe,〔"", in the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', , . 1880.〕 often Anglicized to Graefe〔See the article on Ä.〕 (May 22, 1828 – July 20, 1870), was a Prussian pioneer of German ophthalmology. Graefe was born in Finkenheerd, Brandenburg, the son of Karl Ferdinand von Graefe (1787-1840). He was the father of the far right politician Albrecht von Graefe (1868-1933). == Background == Graefe studied philosophy, logic, natural sciences and anatomy in Berlin, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1847. He continued his studies at Prague, Paris, Vienna and London, and having devoted special attention to ophthalmology, in 1850, he began to practice as an oculist in Berlin. Here, he founded a private institution for the treatment of eyes. During the same year, he received his habiltation with the thesis ''Über die Wirkung der Augenmuskeln''.〔(Biography and bibliography ) in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science〕 In 1858 he became an associate professor of ophthalmology in Berlin, where in 1866 he was appointed a full professor.〔(Albrecht von Graefe ) @ Who Named It〕 In 1870, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1862 he married Anna Knuth. The couple had three children, two of whom died in infancy. Graefe died in Berlin from pulmonary tuberculosis on July 20, 1870. His grave is preserved in the Protestant ''Friedhof II der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde'' (Cemetery No. II of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church and New Church) in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albrecht von Graefe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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