Anton von Jaksch
Anton Ritter Jaksch von Wartenhorst was an Austrian-Czech physician. He was the father of internist Rudolf von Jaksch.
He studied medicine at the University of Prague under Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, and at the University of Vienna, where he had as instructors Joseph Škoda, Jakob Kolletschka and Carl von Rokitansky. He earned his doctorate in 1835, afterwards working as an assistant at the second medical clinic in Prague.
From 1842 to 1846, he was a lecturer at the newly established thoracic department at Prague, and in 1846, he became director of the second medical clinic. In 1849 he was appointed rector of the university. From 1850 to 1881 he was in charge of the first medical clinic.