Franz von Pitha

Franz Freiherr von Pitha (born Jiří František Piťha, 8 February 1810 – 29 December 1875) was an Austrian surgeon who was a native of , a village near Klatovy, Bohemia. He was rector of the Charles University in Prague in 1854–1855. In 1836 he received his medical doctorate at Prague, and was later a professor of surgery at Charles University in Prague, and at Josephs Academy (Josephinum) in Vienna, where he was chair of surgery from 1857 to 1874.

Franz von Pitha

Franz Freiherr von Pitha (born Jiří František Piťha, 8 February 1810 – 29 December 1875) was an Austrian surgeon who was a native of , a village near Klatovy, Bohemia. He was rector of the Charles University in Prague in 1854–1855. In 1836 he received his medical doctorate at Prague, and was later a professor of surgery at Charles University in Prague, and at Josephs Academy (Josephinum) in Vienna, where he was chair of surgery from 1857 to 1874.