Friedrich Lange was a German surgeon and supporter of charitable institutions. He was a member of the Burschenschaft Gothia Königsberg.

Life

Friedrich Lange was the son of Eduard Lange, a local councillor and leaseholder. He studied medicine at the Albertus-Universität Königsberg and served as a hospital orderly in the Franco-Prussian War

Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...

. He then worked as a surgeon in Königsberg (Prussia) and Kiel

Kiel

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After his marriage in 1891 he and Adele Thiel moved to New York City

New York City

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, initially working as senior physician in the surgery department of a German hospital, then in the Bellevue Hospital and finally as a consultant

Consultant

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 in the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent university hospital in New York City affiliated with two Ivy League medical schools: Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and Cornell University's Weill Medical College. It is composed of two distinct medical centers, Columbia...

. After founding his own clinic, he became famous as a 'pioneer of German surgery in America' and for introducing asepsis

Asepsis

Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing contaminants or, preventing contact with microorganisms. The term asepsis often refers to those practices used to promote or induce asepsis in an operative field in surgery or medicine to prevent infection...

 to America.

In 1900 he returned to Germany and made a large donation to the Palästra Albertina in Königsberg. In Neumark

Nowe Miasto Lubawskie

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 he founded the Kreiskrankenhaus for the Löbau kreis. In Bischofswerder he established a hospice for the disabled. In Lonkorrek he founded a library and a Protestant church.

He died of a stroke in a sanatorium in Potsdam-Babelsberg

Potsdam-Babelsberg

Babelsberg is the largest district of the Brandenburg capital Potsdam in Germany. The affluent neighbourhood named after a small hill on the Havel river is famous for Babelsberg Palace and Park, part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as for Studio...

. A sports ground was named after him on Samitter Allee in Königsberg.