Johann Ludwig Choulant
German historian
Born on: November 12, 1791Died on: July 18, 1861
Aged: 69 years 248 days (836 months)
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Johann Ludwig Choulant was a German medical doctor from the Kingdom of Saxony who was a professor of Medicine at Dresden medical historian and contributed to the study of the history of medicine.
He was the father of architect Ludwig Theodor Choulant (1827–1900). He trained initially in pharmacy before shifting to medicine. A student of classical languages, he examined old works on medicine and produced an influential history of medical illustration which was translated into English by Mortimer Frank and others in 1920.
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