# Marcus Beck

> Marcus Beck 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 at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).

*British surgeon (1843-1893)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/marcus-beck

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1843-10-14
- **Died:** 1893-05-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Marcus Beck 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 at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM).

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.6
- **Momentum:** 14.3

## Sources
- [Marcus Beck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Beck)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44611030)

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