Georg Wöhrle

Georg Wöhrle (born 11 March 1953 in Würzburg) is a German Classical philologist and medical historian.

In 1983 he received his doctorate in Greek from Wolfgang Kullmann for his thesis on "Theophrasts Methode in seinen botanischen Schriften" (Theophrastus' Methods in his Botanical Writings).

In 1988 he achieved his habilitation from the University of Bamberg with his work, "Studien zur Theorie der antiken Gesundheitslehre" (Studies on the Theory of Ancient Medical Education).

In 1994 he took up the position of ordinary professor of classical philology at the University of Trier, with a special focus on Greek.

Wöhrle focuses on archaic Greek literature, pre-socratic philosophy, gender studies and especially the history of medicine and natural science in antiquity.