Philipp Knoll
Philipp Knoll (4 July 1841, Karlovy Vary, Karlsbad - 31 January 1900, Vienna) was a pathologist from Austria-Hungary. In 1864 he obtained his medical doctorate at the Karl-Ferdinands-Universität, University of Prague. Afterwards, he worked as an assistant to physician Anton von Jaksch (1810-1887) in Prague and to physiologist Conrad Eckhard (1822-1905) at the University of Giessen, where in 1869 he received his habilitation. In 1872 he became an associate professor of experimental pathology at Prague, followed by a full professorship in general and experimental pathology in 1879. At Prague, he founded the ''Gesellschaft zur Förderung deutscher Wissenschaft, Kunst und Literatur in Böhmen'' (Society for the Promotion of German Science, Art and Literature in Bohemia). At the university he served as dean in 1887-88 and as rector (academia), rector in 1890-91. In 1898 he relocated to the University of Vienna as successor to pathologist Salomon Stricker (1834-1898). Associated epony ...
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Karlovy Vary
Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. It is named after Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Bohemia, who founded the city. Karlovy Vary is the site of numerous hot springs (13 main springs, about 300 smaller springs, and the warm-water Teplá River), and is the most visited spa town in the Czech Republic. The historic city centre with the spa cultural landscape is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. It is the largest spa complex in Europe. In 2021, the city became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe" because of its spas and architecture from the 18th through 20th centuries. Administrative parts Karlovy Vary is ma ...
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