- University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg in
Strasbourg ,Alsace ,France , founded in 1631, was divided in the 1970s into three separate institutions with a total of approximately 48,500 students as of 2007. They are (with approximate specialisations in parentheses):Structure
* Strasbourg I -
Université Louis Pasteur (science/technology)
* Strasbourg II -Université Marc Bloch (humanities)
* Strasbourg III -Université Robert Schuman (law/politics/economy)Strasbourg I is a member of the
LERU (League of European Research Universities).History
The university emerged from a
Lutheran humanist German Gymnasium , founded in 1538 byJohannes Sturm in theFree Imperial City of Strassburg. It was transformed to a university in 1631.The German university still persisted even after the annexation of the City by King Louis XIV in 1681, but mainly turned into a French university during the
French Revolution .The university was refounded as the German "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Universität" in 1872, after the
Franco-Prussian war and the annexation ofAlsace-Lorraine by Germany provoked a westwards exodus of francophone teachers. In 1918 Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France, so a reverse exodus of germanophone teachers took place.During
World War II , when France was occupied, personnel and equipment of the University of Strasbourg was transferred toClermont-Ferrand . In its place, the short-lived GermanReichsuniversität Straßburg was created.Notable academics and alumni
*
Johannes Sturm (1507-1589)
*Johann Conrad Dannhauer (1603-1666)
*Antoine Deparcieux (1703-1768)
* Jean Hermann (1738-1800)
*Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745-1813)
*Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
*Louis Ramond de Carbonnières (1755-1827)
*Maximilian von Montgelas (1759-1838)
*Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773-1859)
*Georg Büchner (1813-1837)
*Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816-1856)
*Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
*Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault (1823-1904)
*Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833-1910)
*Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917),Nobel Prize in 1905
*Bernhard Naunyn (1839-1925)
*Paul Heinrich von Groth (1843-1927)
*Lujo Brentano (1844-1931)
*Joseph von Mering (1849-1908)
*Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918), Nobel Prize in 1909
*Hermann Emil Fischer (1851-1919) Nobel Prize in 1902
*Albrecht Kossel (1853-1927), Nobel Prize in 1910
*Georg Simmel (1858-1918)
*Oskar Minkowski (1858-1931)
*Othmar Zeidler (1859-1911)
*Geerhardus Vos (1862-1949)
*René Leriche (1870-1955)
*Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), Nobel Prize in 1952
*Martin Spahn (1875-1945)
*Ernest Esclangon (1876-1954)
*Paul Rohmer (1876-1977)
*Pierre Montet (1885 – 1966)
*Fred Vlès (1885-1944)
*Marc Bloch (1886–1944)
*Robert Schuman (1886-1963)
*Beno Gutenberg (1889 - 1960)
*Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991)
*Emmanuel Lévinas (1906-1995)
*Michael E. DeBakey (1908-2008)
*Antoinette Feuerwerker (1912-2003)
*Salomon Gluck (1914-1944)
*René Thom (1923-2002),Fields Medal in 1958.
*Guy Ourisson (1926-2006)
*Gabriel Vahanian (1927-)
*Yves Michaud (1930- )
*Pierre Chambon (1931-)
*Zemaryalai Tarzi (1933- )
*Alberto Fujimori (1938-)
*Liliane Ackermann (1938-2007)
*Jean-Marie Lehn (1939- ), Nobel Prize in 1987
*Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940-2007)
*Jean-Luc Nancy (1940- )
*Jacques Marescaux (1948-)
*Katia and Maurice Krafft
*Arsène Wenger (1949- )See also
*
List of public universities in France by academy
*Reichsuniversität Straßburg
*Jardin botanique de l'Université de Strasbourg
*Observatory of Strasbourg External links
* [http://collections.u-strasbg.fr/ The Art and Science collections of the University of Strasbourg]
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