Prof. Theodor Escherich

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Discovery of Escherichia coli
In 1886, after intensive laboratory investigations, Escherich published a monograph on the relationship of intestinal bacteria to the physiology of digestion in the infant. This work, presented to the medical faculty in München and published in Stuttgart, Die Darmbakterien des Säuglings und ihre Beziehungen zur Physiologie der Verdauung (1886) (Enterobacteria of infants and their relation to digestion physiology), was to become his habilitation treatise and established him as the leading bacteriologist in the field of paediatrics.
It was also the publication where Escherich described a bacterium which he called "bacterium coli commune" and which was later to be called Escherichia coli. For the next four years, Escherich worked as first assistant to Heinrich von Ranke at the Munich Von Haunersche Kinderklinik.
Professor of Pediatrics in Graz and Vienna (1890-1911)
In 1890, Escherich succeeded Rudolf von Jaksch, who had been called to Prague, as professor extraordinary of pediatrics and director of the St Anna children's clinic in Graz, where he became professor ordinary four years later. While working in Graz, he married Margarethe Pfaundler (1890-1946), daughter of the physicist Leopold Pfaundler. They had a son Leopold (born 1893), who died at age ten, and a daughter Charlotte (called "Sonny" - born 1895), who survived to the 1980s. Escherich made the Graz pediatric hospital one of the best-known institutions in Europe.



First name listed as "Carl Theodor" in 1892 Escherich Family Tree by Theodor Escherich. Contemporary [2022] literature references "Theodor"

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Viennese Pediatrician that discovered the e. coli bacteria

Theodor married Margarethe Pfaundler on 4 Jun 1892. Margarethe (daughter of Hofrat Leopold Pfaundler and Amalie Steffan) was born on 8 Jul 1870; died in 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Leopold Escherich was born on 29 Apr 1893; died on 24 Nov 1903 in Graz.
2. Charlotte Sonya Escherich was born on 22 Jan 1895 in Graz AT; died on 4 Jul 1984 in Oetz, Tyrol AT; was buried on 7 Jul 1984 in Oetz, Tyrol AT.

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Doctor of medicine, District medical counselor and professor in Würzburg

Ferdinand married Franziska Goldmeyr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Grand Duke, Frankfurt.
District judge in Klingenberg

Carl married Anna Brunn on 12 Feb 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Anna Brunn, Werking?s widow

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Local tax administrator in Hochheim [more information on Hochheim, Prussia and a historical map: https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/10805056]
Levy administrator in Mainz [a German city on the Rhine River, more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainz], Royal court councilor

Georg married Theresia Zumbusch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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