Walter Burckhardt

Walter Burckhardt
Born	March 2, 1905 (1905-03-02) Zurich, Switzerland
Died	October 29, 1971(1971-10-29) (aged 66) Zurich, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Citizenship	Switzerland
Alma mater	University of Zürich
Scientific career
Fields	Dermatology
Institutions	University of Zurich
Doctoral students	Urs P. Hämmerli

Walter Burckhardt (March 2, 1905 – October 29, 1971) was a Swiss dermatologist most notable for his contributions on occupational dermatoses.

During the 1930s, Burckhardt took over from Max Tièche the management of the City Department for Skin and Venereal Diseases in Zurich; he became Privatdozent in 1938 and Titularprofessor in 1947 at the University of Zurich.

Publications

• Peter J. Lynch, Stephan Epstein (editors). Burckhardt's Atlas and manual of dermatology and venerology. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1977, ISBN 0-683-01134-0

Further reading

• Barbara Wicki-Bühler: Leben und Werk des Dermatologen Walter Burckhardt 1905–1971. Medical Dissertation. University of Zurich, Zürich 1995.