Monument to Rudolf Virchow
Luisenstrase 16, Berlin, Germany
Description:
The monument to Rudolf Virchow is located in Berlin near the Charite Clinic. It is the work of the German sculptor Fritz Klimsch, who became a senator of the Prussian Academy of Arts. The limestone statue was erected in 1910 in honor of the famous politician, pathologist, archaeologist, public health reformer, founder of cellular theory in biology and medicine Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow.
The statue is installed on a massive stone monument decorated with a bas-relief profile of Rudolf Virchow. The scientist was born on October 13, 1821 in Schiffelbein, Pomerania, and died on September 5, 1902 in Berlin. Throughout his life, he achieved great success not only in medicine, but also in archaeology, exploring royal mummies.