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Citizenship
  
Switzerland

Name
  
Walter Burckhardt

Nationality
  
Swiss

Alma mater
  
University of Zurich


Fields
  
Dermatology

Institution
  
University of Zurich

Walter Burckhardt Walter Burckhardt 1871 1939 Genealogy

Born
  
March 2, 1905 Zurich, Switzerland (
1905-03-02
)

Died
  
October 29, 1971, Zurich, Switzerland

Institutions
  
University of Zurich

Doctoral students
  
Urs Peter Haemmerli

Walter Burckhardt (March 2, 1905 – October 29, 1971) was a Swiss dermatologist most notable for his contributions on occupational dermatoses.

During the 1930s, Burckhardt took over from Max Tièche the management of the City Department for Skin and Venereal Diseases in Zurich; he became Privatdozent in 1938 and Titularprofessor in 1947 at the University of Zurich.

Publications

  • Peter J. Lynch, Stephan Epstein (editors). Burckhardt's Atlas and manual of dermatology and venerology. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1977, ISBN 0-683-01134-0
  • References

    Walter Burckhardt Wikipedia