Gottfried Wilhelm Becker

Gottfried Wilhelm Becker (born in Leipzig, February 22, 1778; died there, January 17, 1854) was a German physician and writer.

Biography

He translated some of Cooper's novels, and Le mie prigioni of Silvio Pellico. By his literary labors he accumulated $40,000. His son Karl Ferdinand, an organist and writer on musical topics, added a house worth $7,000 to this sum, and the whole was dedicated to the establishment of an educational and charitable institution for the blind at Leipzig.

Works

• Neue Haus- und Reise-Apotheke, oder medicinisches Noth- und Hülfsbüchlein : nebst einer genauen Untersuchung aller wirksamen und überall zu habenden Hausmittel ; für Oekonomen, Gutsbesitzer, Dorfprediger, Landleute und Reisende . Leipzig 1803 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

• Rezepte und Kurarten der besten Aerzte aller Zeiten . Vol. 1–4; several editions . Barth, Leipzig 1808–1818 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

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References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Becker, Gottfried Wilhelm". The American Cyclopædia.