Gottfried Wilhelm Becker
Gottfried Wilhelm Becker was a German physician and writer.
Biography
Becker was born and died in Leipzig. He translated some of Cooper's novels and by Silvio Pellico. By his literary labors he accumulated $40,000. His son Carl [Ferdinand Becker (organist)|Karl Ferdinand], an organist and writer on musical topics, added a house worth $7,000 to this sum, and the whole was dedicated to the establishment of an educational and charitable institution for the blind in Leipzig.General references
Neue Haus- und Reise-Apotheke, oder medicinisches Noth- und Hülfsbüchlein : nebst einer genauen Untersuchung aller wirksamen und überall zu habenden Hausmittel; für Oekonomen, Gutsbesitzer, Dorfprediger, Landleute und Reisende. Leipzig 1803 by the University and [State Library Düsseldorf]Rezepte und Kurarten der besten Aerzte aller Zeiten. Vol. 1–4; several editions. Barth, Leipzig 1808–1818 by the University and State Library Düsseldorf*