List of University of Heidelberg People - Faculty

Faculty

Name Affiliation Years at Heidelberg Importance / Notes Ref
Rodolphus Agricola

(1443–1485)

 Humanist Scholar 1482–1485 Author of De inventione dialectica - a significant work for Renaissance Humanism and the education of Northern European humanists in the 15th century.
Géza Alföldy

(1935- )

 Historian 1975–2005 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1986); Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse (2002)
Gerhard Anschütz

(1867–1948)

 Jurisprudent 1900–1933 Leading commentator of the Weimar Constitution; consultant to the US military government in Germany after World War II; one of the "fathers" of the constitution of Hesse.
Friedrich Arnold

(1803–1890)

 Anatomist 1852–1873 Privy councillor; described the reflex of coughing when the ear is stimulated (Arnold's nerve cough); the auricular branch of the vagus nerve was nicknamed Arnold's nerve; the Arnold's canal and Arnold's ganglion are named after him.
Jan Assmann

(1938- )

 Egyptologist 1976–2003 Developed the theory of cultural memory; published renowned works on the origin and development of monotheism; Ph.D. h.c. from Yale University et al.; Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse (2006)
François Baudouin

(1520–1573)

 Jurisprudent 1555–1561 Established the palingenetic method of presentation of legal source; reconstructed the original legislation of Justinian; important commentator on Roman law
Klaus Berger

(1940- )

 Theologian 1974–2006 Leading interdisciplinary theologian in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s; particularly known for his works on exegetical methodology, history of religion, form criticism, and hermeneutics.
Friedrich Bergius

(1984-1949)

 Chemist ?–? Chemistry Nobel Laureate "in recognition of the contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods"; Ph.D. honoris causa from Harvard University
Klaus von Beyme

(1934-)

 Political Scientist 1974–1999 First West German university student in Moscow after World War II; president of the International Political Science Association (1982–1985); ranked 10th most important political scientist of the world (1991).
Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm Bischoff (1807–1882) Anatomist ?–1843 One of the first to conclude, based on comparative anatomy of the skull and brain, that women had a general intellectual deficiency for academia.
Johann Kaspar Bluntschli

(1808–1881)

 Jurisprudent 1861–1881 Co-founder of the Institut de Droit International; author of Privatrechtliches Gesetzbuch für den Kanton Zurich, Geschichte des algemeinen Staatsrechts und der Politik, Das moderne Kriegsrecht, Das moderne Völkerrecht, Das Beuterecht im Krieg; Bluntschli's library was acquired by Johns Hopkins University.
Philipp August Böckh

(1785–1867)

 Classical Scholar 1807–1811 Author of De Metris Pindari, Die Staatshaushaltung der Athener; pioneer in investigating ancient chronology; Order Pour Le Merite in 1857
Carl Bosch

(1874–1940)

 Chemist –1940 Co-founder of IG Farben; Chairman of BASF; Chemistry Nobel Laureate "in recognition of the contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods"; eponym of Haber-Bosch process
Walther Bothe

(1891–1957)

 Physicist 1932–1957 Pour le Mérite (1952); Max Planck Medal (1953); Physics Nobel Laureate (1954) "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith".
Markus Büchler

(1955- )

 Physician 2001– Founder and medical director of the European Pancreas Center; director of the Heidelberg Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery; managing medical director of the Heidelberg Clinic for Surgery.
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen

(1811–1899)

 Chemist 1852–1899 Developed the Bunsen burner; worked on the emission spectroscopy of heated elements; discovered together with Gustav Kirchhoff the elements caesium and rubidium.
Conrad Celtes

(1459–1508)

 Humanist Scholar 1495–1496 Founded the Sodalitas Litteraria Vistulana, Rhenana, Hungarorum, and Danubiana; first to teach the history of the world as a whole; discovered the Tabula Peutingeriana
Georg Friedrich Creuzer

(1771–1851)

 Philologist 1804–1845 Privy councillor; co-founder of the Philological Seminary at the University of Heidelberg (1807); friend of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Clemens Brentano; liaison with Karoline von Günderrode.
Otto Crusius

(1857–1918)

 Classical Scholar 1898–1903 President of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (1915–1918).
Johann von Dalberg

(1445–1503)

 Bishop 1480–1503 Bishop of Worms (1482–1503); Chancellor of the University of Heidelberg (1480–1503); supported the development of humanism at the University of Heidelberg; friend of Rodolphus Agricola; honored with a bust in the Walhalla temple (1842).
Hugo Donellus Jurisprudent 1572–1573 Leading representatives of legal humanism; pioneer in applying the methods of Renaissance humanism to law
Thomas Erastus

(1524–1583)

 Humanist, Physician, & Theologian 1558–1580 Opponent of Calvinist disciplinary regime and thus father of "Erastianism," denying the church independent jurisdiction over moral infractions in a Christian state. Challenged ideas of Paracelsus and Johann Weyer.
Friedrich von Duhn

(1859–1930)

 Archaeologist 1879–1920 Recognized scattered fragments of sculpture as the remains of the Ara Pacis; largely expanded the archaeological collection of the University of Heidelberg.
Jakob Friedrich Fries

(1773–1843)

 Philosopher 1806–1816 Author of Wissen, Glaube und Ahnung, Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft, Reinhold, Fichte und Schelling, System der Philosophie als evidente Wissenschaft
Hans-Georg Gadamer

(1900–2002)

 Philosopher 1949–2002 Elaborated the concept of "philosophical hermeneutics"; author of Truth and Method; taught at Heidelberg until his death at the age of 102.
Georg Gottfried Gervinus

(1805–1871)

 Historian 1830–1871 Founder of Deutsche Zeitung; member of the 1848 Frankfurt Parliament; "Guide of the Nation" in political history ?
Otto von Gierke

(1841–1921)

 Jurisprudent 1884–1887 Developed important contributions to the Rechtsstaat conception; author of Das deutsche Genossenschaftsrecht, Deutsches Privatrecht, Naturrrecht und Deutsches Recht
Jan Gruter

(1560–1627)

 Humanist scholar 1597–1627 Author of Inscriptiones antiquae totius orbis Romani and Lampas, sive fax artium liberalium ; last librarian of the Bibliotheca Palatina ?
Levin Goldschmidt

(1828–1897)

 Jurisprudent 1855–1870 Major contributor to the development of the German commercial law (Handelsgestzbuch); founder and editor of the Zeitschrift für das Gesamte Handelsrecht; Member of the German Imperial Reichstag; Federal Judge at the Bundesgericht ?
Dionysius Gothofredus

(1549–1622)

 Jurisprudent 1600–1621 Author of Corpus juris civilis; member of the council of two hundred of Geneva; Dean of the Heidelberg Faculty of Law ?
Emil Julius Gumbel

(1891–1966)

 Mathematician 1924–1932 Developed the Extreme value theory; founder and editor of Die Weltbühne; anti-Nazi-activist; professor at Columbia University ?
Jürgen Habermas

(1929- )

 Philosopher 1961–1964 Author of The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere; The Theory of Communicative Action; Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy; The Inclusion of the Other; A Berlin Republic; Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe ?
Werner Hacke

(1948- )

 Neurologist 1987– Chairman of the Department of Neurology; Feinberg Award recipient; Karolinska Stroke Award recipient ?
Karl Hampe

(1869–1936)

 Historian ? Author of "Germany under the Salic and Hohenstaufen Emperors"; Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy; Rector of Heidelberg University ?
Harald zur Hausen

(1936)

 Physician 1983–present 2008 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Laureate "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer"; former director of the Heidelberg German Cancer Research Center; member of the faculty of the medical school
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

(1770–1831)

 Philosopher 1816–1818 "Father of German idealism"; author of Elements of the Philosophy of Right; Phenomenology of Spirit; Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences; Science of Logic ?
Hermann von Helmholtz

(1821–1894)

 Physicist and physician 1858–1870 Medicine: developed the mathematics of the eye and theories of vision; cardinal work on the visual perception of space, color vision research, the sensation of tone and perception of sound; physics: introduced theories on the conservation of energy, developed a mechanical foundation of thermodynamics, significant work in electrodynamics and chemical thermodynamics; eponym of Helmholtz resonance align="center"
Otto Hesse

(1811–1874)

 Mathematician 1856–1868 Cardinal work on algebraic invariants; eponym of the Hessian matrix and the Hesse normal form
Alfred Hettner

(1859–1941)

 Geographer 1906–1928 Developed a concept of chorology ?
Wilhelm Hofmeister

(1824–1877)

 Botanist 1863–1872 Discovered the principle of alternation of generations; pioneer in investigating genetics in plants; published a concept of plant evolution eight years before Darwin ?
Marsilius of Inghen

(1330?-1396)

 Philosopher 1386–1396 Co-founder and first Rector of the University of Heidelberg ?
Karl Jaspers

(1883–1969)

 Psychiatrist and Philosopher 1913–1948 Major exponent of existensialism; author of Philosophy of Existence; Reason and Existenz; Way to Wisdom; Philosophy is for Everman ?
Georg Jellinek

(1851–1911)

 Jurisprudent 1891–1911 Author of Allgemeine Staatslehre (General Theory of the State), a groundbreaking work on constitutional law and state philosophy before and during the Weimar Republic; member of the democratic circle around Max Weber ?
J. Hans D. Jensen

(1907–1973)

 Physicist 1949–1969 1963 Physics Nobel Laureate "for the discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure" ?
Oskar Perron

(1880–1975)

 Mathematician 1914–1922 Major contributions concerning differential equations and partial differential equations; eponym of Perron–Frobenius theorem and Perron's formula ?
Jerome of Prague

(1379–1416)

 Philosopher 1406–1407 Introduced Realism in Germany ?
Paul Kirchhof

(1943- )

 Jurisprudent 1999– Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany; member of the 2005 CDU shadow cabinet as designated Federal Minister of Finance; proposed a conception to reform the German tax system based on a flat tax ?
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

(1824–1887)

 Physicist 1854–1875 Contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation; coined the term "black-body"; eponym of "Kirchhoff's laws"; Rumford Medalist ?
Karl Knies

(1821–1898)

 Economist 1865–1895 Major representative of the historical school of economics; author of Political Economy from the Standpoint of the Historical Method ?
Leo Königsberger

(1837–1921)

 Mathematician and historian of science 1884–1914 Author of the biography of Hermann von Helmholtz and of Mein Leben ?
Albrecht Kossel

(1853–1927)

 Physician 1901–1927 1910 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Laureate "in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances" ?
Emil Kraepelin

(1856–1926)

 Psychiatrist 1891–1903 Founder of modern scientific psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics ?
Ludolf von Krehl

(1861–1937)

 Physiologist 1907–1931 Co-developed the Strophanthin-Therapy for treatment of cardiac deficiencies; cardinal work concerning the physiological and pathological aspects of thermoregulation, metabolism and the circulatory system; Co-founder of the Heidelberg Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research; knighted in 1903, Order Pour le mérite in 1925 ?
Richard Kuhn

(1900–1967)

 Chemist 1928–1966 Director of the Heidelberg Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research; discovery of the deadly nerve agent Soman; 1938 Chemistry Nobel Laureate "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins"
Emanuel Lasker

(1868–1941)

 Mathematician 1905–1933 Introduced the concept of a primary ideal, which extends the notion of a power of a prime number to algebraic geometry; World Champion of Chess from 1894–1921, 27 years in a row. ?
Lothar Ledderose

(1942- )

 Art historian 1976– Acclaimed work on the history of art of Japan and history of art of China; dean of the Faculty of Philosophy; 2005 Balzan Laureate; Slade Professor at the University of Cambridge in 1992 ?
Philipp Lenard

(1862–1947)

 Physicist 1904–1945 1905 Physics Nobel Laureate "for his work on cathode rays"; during the 3rd Reich one of the leading advocats of Deutsche Physik (Aryan Physics). ?
Fritz Lipmann

(1899–1986)

 Biochemist 1929–1931 Co-discoverer of coenzyme A; professor at Harvard Medical School and Rockefeller University; Physiology or Medicine Nobel Laureate
Karl Löwith

(1897–1973)

 Philosopher 1952–1964 Author of From Hegel to Nietzsche and Meaning in History: The Theological Implications of the Philosophy of History ?
Peter Luder

(1415–1472)

 Humanist 1458–1461 Introduced Humanistic ideals in Germany ?
André Michel Lwoff

(1902–1994)

 Biologist 1932–1937 Coined the term Provirus; 1965 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Laureate "for the discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis" ?
Michael Maestlin

(1550–1631)

 Astronomer and Mathematician 1580–1583 First to accept and teach the heliocentric Copernican view; discovered the "golden ratio"; mentor of Johannes Kepler
Karl Mannheim

(1893–1947)

 Sociologist 1922–1930 Promoted a comprehensive sociological analysis of the structures of knowledge; author of Ideology Utopia; Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction; Sociology as Political Education; professor at the London School of Economics ?
Dmitri Mendeleev

(1834–1907)

 Chemist 1859–1861 Creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements; eponym of the Mendeleev Medal
Matthäus Merian

(1593–1650)

 Humanist Scholar ~ around 1620 Pioneering naturalist and illustrator ?
Subrata K. Mitra

(1949)

 Political Scientist 2004– Cardinal research on Indian society and politics; director of the Heidelberg South Asia Institute; Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques; President of the joint Research Committee on Political Sociology of the International Political Science Association and the International Sociological Association; previously professor at University of California, Berkeley ?
Robert von Mohl

(1799–1875)

 Jurisprudent 1848–1861 Coined the term of a Rechtsstaat as opposed to an aristocratic police state; knighted in 1837; peerage in 1871 ?
Dieter Nohlen

(1939)

 Political Scientist 1974–2005 Author of Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook; Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos,; Elections and Electoral Systems; Handbook of the Third World; 1991 Max Planck Research Laureate ?
Severo Ochoa

(1903–1995)

 Physician 1937 1959 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Laureate "for the discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid" ?
Kaspar Olevianus

(1536–1587)

 Theologian 1560–1576

(on faculty 1561–1562)

 Significant covenant theologian and Calvinist church organizer during the Second Reformation ?
Martin Opitz

(1597–1639)

 Poet 1619–1624 Author of Dafne, the first German opera; leader of the Heidelber School of Poetry ?
Frank R. Pfetsch

(1936)

 Political Scientist 1999– Co-founder of the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research; Commissioner of the European Consortium for Political Research; Chaire Elie Halevy and Chaire Alfred Grosser at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; Jean Monnet Professor at Heidelberg ?
Enea Silvio Piccolomini

(1405–1464)

 Theologian 1442–1449 Pope Pius II; chancellor of the university ?
Samuel von Pufendorf

(1632–1694)

 Jurisprudent 1661–1668 Pioneer in International Law; influential commentaries and revisions of the natural law ?
Georg Hermann Quincke

(1834–1924)

 Physicist 1875–1907 Classical investigations of all capillary phenomena; important work in the experimental study of the reflection of light and influence of electric forces upon the constants; DCL honoris causa from Oxford University; LLD honoris causa from Cambridge University ?
Gerhard von Rad

(1901–1971)

 Theologian 1949–1971 Major contribution to Old Testament studies; author of Theology of the Old Testament; The Problem of the Hexateuch and other Essays; God at work in Israel; Genesis: A Commentary; Deuteronomy: A Commentary ?
Gustav Radbruch

(1878–1949)

 Jurisprudent 1926–1933; 1945–1949 Major proponent of a renewal of natural law as opposed to the then predominant legal positivism; author of "Rechtsphilosophie", still one of the most important works on legal philosophy in Germany ?
Johann Reuchlin

(1455–1522)

 Humanist Scholar 1492–1498 Most influential representative of platonism; founder of the newer German Drama; author of De Arte Cabbalistica ?
Johann Carl Otto Ribbeck

(1827–1898)

 Classical Scholar 1862–1887 Authority on ancient Roman poetry; editor of Ars Poetica of Horace and the Satires of Juvenal ?
Heinrich Rickert

(1863–1936)

 Philosopher 1915–1932 Co-founder and leader of the Baden School of Neo-Kantians ?
Erwin Rohde

(1845–1898)

 Classical Scholar 1878–1898 Author of Psyche: The Cult of Souls and the Belief in Immortality among the Greeks ?
Rudy Rucker

(1946- )

 Novelist and mathematician 1978–1980 Founder of the cyberpunk literary movement; author of The Fourth Dimension; the Ware Tetralogy, White Light, Master of Space and Time, Spaceland, Mathematicians in Love; ?
Bert Sakmann

(1942- )

 Physician 1988– 1991 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Laureate "for the discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells" ?
Friedrich Carl von Savigny

(1779–1861)

 Jurisprudent ? Founder of the German Historical School of Law; High Chancellor of Justice of Prussia; celebrated authority on Roman Law; co-founder of the University of Berlin ?
Paul Schede

(1539–1602)

 Diplomat and Humanist Scholar ? Imperial Ambassador to France, Switzerland, England and Italy; director of the Bibliotheca Palatina ?
Edmund Schlink

(1903–1984)

 Theologian 1946–1971 Influential authority on Lutheran systematic theology and advocate of Ecumenism; author of The Victor Speaks, Theology of the Lutheran Confessions, The Coming Christ and the Coming Church, The Doctrine of Baptism, The Vision of the Pope ?
Friedrich Christoph Schlosser

(1776–1861)

 Historian 1819–1861 Author of World History and World History for the German People; teacher of Georg Gottfried Gervinus; "Guide of the Nation" in political history. ?
Peter Schlotter

(1945- )

 Political Scientist 2005– Chairman of the German Society for Peace and Conflict Research; Member of the German UNESCO-Commission ?
Manfred G. Schmidt

(1948- )

 Political Scientist 1997– Author of Political Institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany and of The Welfare State; 1995 Leibniz Laureate; ranked as the third most influential political scientist in Germany, and as the most important researcher in comparative politics in Germany by the German Research Foundation ?
Herbert Seifert

(1907–1969)

 Mathematician 1935–1975 Eponym of Seifert fiber space, Seifert surface, Seifert-van Kampen theorem, Seifert conjecture, Seifert–Weber space ?
Paul Stäckel

(1862–1919)

 Mathematician 1913–1919 Groundbreaking work in differential geometry, number theory, and non-Euclidean geometry. Coined the term twin prime ?
Dolf Sternberger

(1907–1989)

 Political Scientist 1947–1985 One of the founders of political science in post-war Germany; developed the "Concept of Citizenship in German Political Contemporary Thought"; coined the term "constitutional patriotism"; Chairman of the German Society for Political Science ?
Gerd Theissen

(1943- )

 Theologian ? Pioneer in the application of the principles and methods of sociology to the study of the New Testament; 2002 Burkitt Medalist ?
Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut

(1772–1840)

 Jurisprudent 1805–1840 Re-introduced the ancient Roman Pandectists system which allowed the creation of the German Civil Code ?
Ernst Troeltsch

(1865–1923)

 Theologian 1894–1914 Author of The Social Teachings of the Christian Church; developed an acclaimed system of philosophy of religion by synthesizing the conceptions of Max Weber and Neo-Kantianism; member of the democratic circle around Max Weber ?
Zacharias Ursinus

(1534–1583)

 Theologian 1561–1576 Reformer and intellectual mastermind during Protestant Reformation; Principal author of the Heidelberg Catechism
Klaus Vogel

(1930–2007)

 Jurisprudent 1966–1977 Internationally acknowledged authority in international taxation; member of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association ?
Johann Heinrich Voss

(1751–1826)

 Poet 1805–1826 Author of Wine, Women and Song; published the first German translations of the Odyssey, Hesiod, Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Virgil, Horace, Tibullus, Propertius, and Shakespear ?
George Wald

(1906–1997)

 Biologist 1933 1967 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Laureate "for the discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye" ?
Max Weber

(1864–1920)

 Sociologist 1896–1919 Founder of modern sociology; author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Politics as a Vocation, The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism, Ancient Judaism, The History of Medieval Business Organisations, The Roman Agrarian History and its Significance for Public and Private Law; widely considered the all-time most important German sociologist
Alfred Weber

(1868–1958)

 Political Economist 1907–1933 Leader in intellectual resistance during Nazi era; developed the Least Cost Theory; eponym of the Alfred Weber Institute for Economy at Heidelberg ?
Claus Westermann

(1909–2000)

 Theologian 1958–1978 Leading German Old Testament scholar; author of The Human in the Old Testament ?
Wilhelm Windelband

(1848–1915)

 Philosopher 1903–1915 Co-founder of the Baden School; author of History Of Ancient Philosophy, History of Philosophy, An Introduction to Philosophy, Theories in Logic ?
Bernhard Windscheid

(1817–1892)

 Jurisprudent 1871–1892 Co-author of the German Civil Code; knighted in 1868 ?
Georg Wittig

(1897–1987)

 Chemist 1956–1980 1979 Chemistry Nobel Laureate "for the development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis"; eponym of the Wittig reaction; honorary doctorate of the Sorbonne ?
Rüdiger Wolfrum

(1941-)

 Jurisprudent 1993–present President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; Director of the Heidelberg Max Planck Institute for International Law; Vice President of the German Research Foundation; Vice President of the Max Planck Society; United Nations mediator in the Darfur conflict; Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2008
Karl Salomo Zachariae

(1769–1843)

 Jurisprudent 1807–1829 Created a reformation the Baden Criminal Code and the Baden Constitution; ?
Karl Ziegler

(1898–1973)

 Chemist –1936 1963 Chemistry Nobel Laureate "for the discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers"; eponym of the Ziegler-Natta catalyst ?

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