[1] His son, Georg Albrecht Fried (1736-1773), was also a noted obstetrician.
[2] In 1710 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Strasbourg with a dissertation thesis titled ""De cordis palpitatione".
From 1728 onward, he was director of the Prätor Franz Josef von Klinglin municipal midwifery school in Strasbourg, a popular school that attracted students from throughout Europe.
He was considered an excellent teacher,[2] and he played a major role during the advent of scientific obstetrics in Germany.
[3] Among his better known pupils was future Göttingen professor, Johann Georg Roederer.