Maximilian Meyer Heine (November 6, 1807 - November 6, 1879) was a German doctor and Russian state councilor. He served with the

Russian Army The Russian Ground Forces (russian: Сухопутные войска �В Sukhoputnyye voyska V, also known as the Russian Army (, ), are the Army, land forces of the Russian Armed Forces. The primary responsibilities of the Russian Gro ...

during the Russo-Turkish War. He was the youngest brother of

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...

. He graduated from the universities of Berlin and Munic in 1829 and joined the Russian army as a surgeon.„Medicinische Zeitung Russlands“, Petersburg, 1. Jg. 184
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until 17. Jg. 186

/ref> He died in Berlin in 1879.

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German military doctors Physicians from the Russian Empire Military personnel of the Russian Empire 1807 births 1879 deaths German emigrants to the Russian Empire {{Germany-med-bio-stub