Davos Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Science, medicine & TB patients === * [[Alexander Spengler]] (1827β1901), a German and Swiss physician, specialised in TB in Davos * [[John Addington Symonds]] (1840β1893), an English poet and literary critic, TB patient in Davos from 1877.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Symonds, John Addington |volume= 26 |last= Waugh |first= Arthur |author-link= Arthur Waugh | pages = 286–287 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Friedrich Miescher]] (1844β1895), biologist who discovered DNA, died in Davos * [[Carl RΓΌedi]] (1848 in Davos β 1901), a [[pulmonologist]], treated [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] * [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (1850β1894), Scottish novelist and travel writer, TB patient in Davos in the 1880s.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour |volume= 26 |last= Gosse |first= Edmund William |author-link= Edmund William Gosse | pages = 907–910 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Oscar Levertin]] (1862β1906), a Swedish poet and literary historian; lived in Davos 1888β1890.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Levertin, Oscar Ivan |volume= 16 | pages = 510–511 |short= 1}}</ref> * [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]] (1880β1938 in Davos), German artist, TB patient, lived in Davos from 1917; namesake of the local art museum * [[Philipp Bauknecht]] (1884 β 1933 in Davos), German expressionist painter, TB patient from 1910 * [[Harry Clarke]] (1889β1931 in Davos), an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator, TB patient from 1929, buried in Chur * [[Klabund]] (1890 β 1928 in Davos), aka ''Alfred Henschke'', German writer and painter, TB patient Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page