Hermann Eberhard Friedrich Richter (1808–76)

German physician. MD, Leipzig, 1834. Professor of general and special therapy, medical-surgical academy, and director, medical polyclinic, Dresden, 1837. Lost both positions following accusations of treason in connection with civil unrest in 1849, but was exonerated. Thereafter worked in private practice. Editor, Schmidts Jahrbücher der gesammten Medizin, from 1850. Extraordinary member, regional medical committee of Saxony, 1864. Founder and secretary, association of German physicians, 1872.