Prof. Theodor Escherich^[1]

1857 - 1911  (53 years)

• Name	Theodor Escherich
  	Viennese Pediatrician that discovered the e. coli bacteria
  Prefix	Prof.
  Birth	29 Nov 1857	Ansbach DE
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Feb 1911	Vienna AT
  Notes	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"
  Person ID	I27	Flack Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Ferdinand Escherich,   b. 29 Apr 1810   d. 21 Mar 1888, Würzberg DE (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Franziska Goldmeyr
  Family ID	F298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Margarethe Pfaundler,   b. 8 Jul 1870   d. 1946 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1892
  Children	1. Leopold Escherich,   b. 29 Apr 1893   d. 24 Nov 1903, Graz (Age 10 years) + 2. Charlotte Sonya Escherich,   b. 22 Jan 1895, Graz AT d. 4 Jul 1984, Oetz, Tyrol AT (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 29 Nov 1857 - Ansbach DE Death - 15 Feb 1911 - Vienna AT  = Link to Google Earth
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  Theodor Escherich The career of Theodor Escherich (1857–1911) qualifies him as the first pediatric infectious diseases physician. His landmark bacteriologic studies identified the common colon bacillus (now known as Escherichia coli), and he was very committed to pediatrics, serving as chairman of several prominent departments of pediatrics, including the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Vienna and St. Anna's Children's Hospital in Vienna, Austria, arguably Europe's most prestigious pediatric position.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Hand written notes about Sonya's mother & father and ancestors
  		Theodor Escherich and Child-care in Vienna History and overview of Theodor Escherich compiled by Ernst Weber
  		Escherich Family Tree Family tree of the Escherich family according to documents given by Prof. Theodor Escherich, compiled in 1892, and copied by Leopold von Pfaundler in Graz after 1915 for his dear granddaughter Sonny Eisenmenger [Charlotte Sonya Eisenmenger]

  
  

• Sources

  [S89] Theodr Escherich, Escherich Family Tree (Reliability: 3).