Jacob Fidelis Ackermann

Professor of anatomy and surgery (1765-1815).

Jacob Fidelis Ackermann (23 April 1765 – 28 October 1815) was a German professor of anatomy and surgery. Ackermann was born in Rüdesheim am Rhein. He began his studies at Würzburg and obtained his doctorate in Mainz in 1787. After conducting extensive research and travel, he was appointed as a private lecturer for forensic medicine in 1789. He became a professor of botany and later of anatomy after Samuel Thomas von Sömmering stepped down from his position. In 1798 the university was dissolved. Ackermann was appointed as the president and first professor of a newly established medical school.