Alexander von Hueck

Alexander Friedrich von Hueck (7 December 1802 – 28 July 1842) was a Baltic-German professor of anatomy at the University of Tartu, and a notable estophile. Life and work Von Hueck was born in Reval (Tallinn), in the Kreis Harrien of the Governorate of Estonia (present-day Estonia). He studied medicine at the University of Dorpat (Tartu) from 1821 to 1825, receiving the Gold Medallion in 1823; and later also in Berlin and Heidelberg. In 1830, he was made professor of anatomy at the University of Dorpat (now U of Tartu), becoming Dean of Medicine in 1835, renewed in 1840. In 1838, he conducted a scientific travel through Livonia with the aim of studying pre-historical animals. He died in Dorpat Tartu on 28 July in 1842. Among his contributions to his scientific field, were observational studies within eye movement. He was a founding member of the student organization 'Estonia', established in Dorpat (Tartu) in 1821.