Georg Hartog Gerson

Georg Hartog Gerson (25 August 1788 – 3 December 1844) was a medical doctor and surgeon in the King's German Legion during the Napoleonic Wars.

Gerson was born in Hamburg. He came from a family of doctors that had been living and working since the 17th century in Hamburg and Altona, which was a part of the Duchy of Holstein at the time. His grandfather was the principal of the Jewish hospital in Altona, and his father and elder brothers were also medical doctors. After his education at home, he visited the secondary grammar school (Gymnasium) and specialised in the classical languages and natural sciences (especially in botany). He studied from 1805 at the University of Berlin and from 1809 at the University of Göttingen. Here he earned his medical doctorate on 7 April 1810, before habilitating in Hamburg in 1811 and joined the King's German Legion as hospital mate.