Background
Leydhecker, Wolfgang was born on May 3, 1919 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. Son of Otto and Elisabeth (Sternfeld) Leydhecker.
educator ophthalmologist researcher
Leydhecker, Wolfgang was born on May 3, 1919 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. Son of Otto and Elisabeth (Sternfeld) Leydhecker.
Doctor of Medicine, University Frankfurt, 1944. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Asuncion, Paraguay, 1974.
Assistant, U. Frankfurt, Germany, 1944-1946; assistant, Medical Hospital, Darmstadt, Germany, 1946-1947; assistant, Eye Hospital, Essen, Germany, 1947-1948; assistant, University Eye Hospital, Oxford, England, 1948; research fellow, Institute Ophthalmology, London, 1949-1951; assistant, University Eye Hospital, Mainz, 1951-1953; 1st assistant, University Eye Hospital, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany, 1953-1956; assistant professor, University Eye Hospital, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany, 1956-1964; chief professor, University Eye Hospital, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1964-1987; retired, 1987.
President committee prevention of blindness, Federal Republic Germany, 1978-1988, European Glaucoma Society, 1974-1987, Glaucoma Society International Congress of Ophthamology, 1974-1986.
Married Gertrud Leydhecker, December 24, 1948. Children: Marianne (deceased), Renate Leydhecker Neumaier.