Eduard von Hofmann
historical1837 – 1897

Eduard von Hofmann

medical examiner · university teacher · expert witness

Eduard von Hofmann (27 January 1837 – 27 August 1897) was an Austrian physician who was a native of Prague. He was a pioneer of modern forensic pathology. In 1861 he earned his medical doctorate at Charles University in Prague, and in 1869 became a professor of Staatsarzneikunde (state medical research) at the University of Innsbruck.

Fields
medical jurisprudence
Nationality
Cisleithania
Born
1837
Died
1897

Associated disciplines

Sources. This profile is compiled from public reference data.Wikipedia · Wikidata (Q1290609). Text under CC BY-SA. See attribution.

Portrait: Wikimedia Commons. See Wikimedia Commons file page for license

Sourcing a working expert in this field today? We connect legal and insurance buyers with practising forensic experts.

Request an expert

Related pioneers