Edmund Leser [SEP] occupation
Edmund Leser
Edmund Leser (1 May 1853, Münster – 11 December 1916, Frankfurt am Main) was a German surgeon remembered for describing the Leser-Trélat sign (named with Ulysse Trélat, 1828-1890). 
He studied law in Berlin and served in the Franco-Prussian War as an artillery officer before studying medicine in Leipzig. He received his doctorate in 1880, and worked as Richard von Volkmann's assistant in Halle. He qualified as a surgeon in 1884, and became a professor in 1894,
Leser. Annäherungen an die Werkgestalt in wirkungsgeschichtlicher Perspektive" (Vienna/Münster 2005).
- Jan Zimmermann, "Die Kulturpreise der Stiftung F.V.S. 1935 - 1945. Darstellung und Dokumentation." Edited by the Alfred-Toepfer-Stiftung F.V.S. (Hamburg, Christians 2000).
- Fritz Feldner, "Josef Weinheber. Eine Dokumentation in Bild und Wort" (Salzburg etc., Das Berglandbuch 1965).
- Edmund Finke, "Josef Weinheber. Der Mensch und das Werk" (Salzburg etc., Pilgram