- Franz Gerhard Wegeler
Franz Gerhard Wegeler (
May 7 ,1769 - 1848) was a German physician fromBonn , who was a childhood friend ofLudwig van Beethoven . He studied medicine at the Universities of Bonn and Vienna. After finishing his studies in Austria, he returned to Bonn, where he became a professor (1789) andrector (1793) at the university. In 1794 he fled Bonn during theFrench Revolutionary Wars , and returned toVienna where he renewed his friendship with Beethoven. After spending two years in Vienna, he returned to Bonn as an instructor and a general practioner of medicine. In 1807 he moved toKoblenz , where he joined the Prussian Civil Service and won several prestigious awards.Although a distinguished doctor, Wegeler is remembered for his 1838
biography of Beethoven which he published with composerFerdinand Ries (1784-1838), eleven years after Beethoven's death. Historians consider these memoirs to be an important and reliable source of information regarding the life of the great composer.References
* "This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia."
* [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:RIDzR8jiyVQJ:www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms_upload/media/85/kf_wegeler_engl.pdf+Franz+Gerhard+Wegeler+1769&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us Beethoven and his Bonn Circle of Friends. Selected Objects from the Wegeler Collection]
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