Franz Büchner (pathologist)

Franz Büchner (20 January 1895 – 9 March 1991) was a prominent German pathologist of the 20th century.

Born in Boppard in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Büchner studied medicine and natural sciences at the University of Gießen, graduating 1921.

Büchner returned to Freiburg in 1936 to head the Institute of Pathology at the university, a position he held until his retirement in 1963.

Franz Büchner did not only make a name for himself for his research on the role of hypoxia in congenital malformations, but also for his public criticism of the Nazi euthanasia program.

[1][2] In November, 1941, Büchner held a speech at the University of Freiburg criticizing the program.