Marcus Beck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marcus Beck

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1843

Place of Birth: Isleworth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-May-1893

Profession: surgeon, anatomist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Marcus Beck (14 October 1843 – 21 May 1893) was a British professor of surgery at University College Hospital.
He was an early proponent of the germ theory of disease and promoted the discoveries of Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, and Joseph Lister in surgical literature of the time.
He gave his name to the Marcus Beck Library (previously Laboratory) at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).