Background
Boerner was born in Leipzig. His father, Christian Friedrich Boerner, wanted him to study theology and he started to study theology at the University of Wittenberg, but eventually he finish medicine.
medical historian university professor
Boerner was born in Leipzig. His father, Christian Friedrich Boerner, wanted him to study theology and he started to study theology at the University of Wittenberg, but eventually he finish medicine.
He was a professor of this university until he had to come back to Leipzig the raising of Seven Years" War (1756-1763). He died in Leipzig in 1761.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.