Ernst Philipp Karl Lange [SEP] date of death
Ernst Philipp Karl Lange
Ernst Philipp Karl Lange (21 December 1813 - 20 February 1899) was a German novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Philipp Galen.
Biography.
He was born at Potsdam, studied medicine at Berlin (1835–1840), and on taking his degree, in 1840, entered the Prussian army as a surgeon. In this capacity, he saw service in the Schleswig-Holstein campaign of 1849, where he was in charge of a field hospital. He settled at Bielefeld as medical practitioner and here
February – Ernst Melzer, philosopher (born 1835)
- 6 February:
- Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, nobleman (born 1874)
- Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (born 1831)
- 8 February – Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, orientalist (born 1808)
- 9 February – Karl Müller, bryologist (born 1818)
- 11 February – Johann August Kaupert, topographer (born 1822)
- 20 February – Ernst Philipp Karl Lange, novelist (born 1813