Oct 14, 1843Isleworth, England, United KingdomDied on 21 May 1893 (aged 49)Libra
About Marcus Beck
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).