William Albert Ernst Neumann (* 11 February 1898 in Berlin; "† 15 April 1965 in peppering castle) was a German physician and toxicologist

Personal record

1916 had to terminate the buyer son Neumann the school with emergency Abitur and were thereafter until 1919 soldier. Subsequently, it studied Berlin chemistry at the Friedrich William university and closed the study with a graduation to the Dr. phil. off. it went to 1924 as a private assistant to Ferdinand Flury to Pharmakologi Institut of the University of peppering castle, who should remain connected it time life. Beside the work over Herzglykoside it researched also in the area of the toxicology and the chemical weapons. Parallel he pursued a study of the Humanmedizin, which he 1934 with the acquisition locked. Over an assistant and a curator place Neumannn was promoted 1942 to the professor.

1933 joined the former soldier Neumann the steel helmet, and already in the following year became it member of the SA and other partial organizations of the NSDAP, whose member became he however only 1937. In the same year he became an army surgeon of the reserve and spent the Second World War as an advisory armed forces physician. When "“he became after the war far away from the government service, however already 1948 arrived the university, where he became to appoint 1949 as the ordinierten professor at the chair for pharmacology and toxicology. 1954/55 it was Dekan of the university, from 1955 to 1965 presided it a commission for the examination of work unhealthy works. Starting from 1960 was Neumann of chairmen of the German Pharmakologi society.

Work

Neumann's agent research is to be understood first of all in the context of his assistant place at that time in Institut. Its work over animal poisons took generally speaking a by far more meaning part of its research and then also later training activity. A further emphasis of the work of Neumann was the risk evaluation regarding chemical working materials. It was after the war an important Protagonist of the development of limit values of dangerous chemicals.

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