Paul Ernst (pathologist)

Paul Ernst (1859-1937) was a Swiss pathologist who studied in Zurich, Berlin and Heidelberg under Edwin Klebs, Robert Koch and Julius Arnold.

[4] Paul was conferred doctor of medicine in 1884 with his thesis entitled: "Zur Aetiologie der Nephritis", in which he focussed on the bacterial origin of glomerulonephritis.

He was subsequently asked to return to the University of Heidelberg, where he was appointed as a full professor and successor to his former mentor Julius Arnold from 1907-1928.

[11] Sixty-two students wrote dissertations under his supervision, originating from Switzerland, Russia, Poland, Germany, Austria, Romania and even New Zealand.

Six of them eventually became professor: Heinrich Zangger (1874-1957), Felix Nager (1877-1959), Hans Hunziker (1878-1941), Karl Henschen, Willy Knoll, Emil Looser.

Paul Ernst; Picure taken around 1839
Painting of Paul Ernst at the age of his retirement as Professor of Pathology at the University of Heidelberg