David Hendricks Bergey

David Hendricks Bergey (* December 27 1860 in Skippack, Pennsylvania, † September 5, 1937 in Philadelphia ) was an American physician and bacteriologist. He identified a number of bacteria and wrote the standard work " Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology" for their determination and classification.

Life

David Hendricks Bergey taught for several years at schools in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, before he began to study medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After the end of the study in 1884, he initially worked until 1893 as a practicing physician in North Wales, Pennsylvania. He then moved to the laboratory of Hygiene, University of Pennsylvania. In 1903 he was appointed assistant professor and assumed teaching responsibilities in the field of bacteriology, from 1926 he was professor of hygiene and bacteriology and from 1929 head of the sanitary laboratories. His research activities have focused on tuberculosis, food preservatives, phagocytosis, as well as allergies. In addition to his teaching and research activities, he was president of the Society of American Bacteriologists. After the withdrawal of his university commitments in 1932 he worked until his death as a director in the field of biological research for the company National Drug Company.

Bergey's Manual

At the instigation of David Hendricks Bergey revenue from the publication of his first published work in 1923 "Manual of Determinative Bacteriology" by a 1936 founded under the name of Bergey's Manual Trust Foundation were managed in order to promote research in the field of systematic bacteriology. The multi- in updated versions (1934, 1939, 1948, 1957, 1974, 1994) recently published work can currently be found in the ninth edition. It is considered fundamental in the establishment of a system for bacteria and as a reference for their identification. More from " Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology" derived books are 1977 published under the title " Shorter Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology" summary and in 1966 published "Index Bergeyana ", which was founded in 1981 followed by the band " Supplement to Index Bergeyana ". The existing up to the present foundation is based at the University of Georgia and gives the Bergey Award ( Bergey Award) for outstanding contributions to the taxonomy of bacteria as well as the Bergey Medal ( Bergey Medal ) for long-term contributions to the systematic bacteriology.

Works (selection)

• Handbook of Practical Hygiene. The Chemical Publishing Company, Eaton 1899
• Principles of Hygiene. A practical manual for students, physicians, and health - officers. WB Saunders, Philadelphia 1901
• Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore 1923