Hanns von Meyenburg was the son of Swiss sculptor Victor von Meyenburg (1834–1893) and his wife Konstanze von May, which belong to the
Schaffhausen nobility. He was born in Dresden, where his father had lived since 1869, but returned to his parents' land of origin for his studies and his career. He did his
habilitation in 1918 with
Otto Busse and became a professor in 1919 at the
University of Lausanne. From 1925 to 1953, he was professor at the
University of Zürich. From 1932 to 1934, he was
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and from 1934 to 1936
Rector of the University of Zürich. The
von Meyenburg complex, in
liver histopathology, in named after him. His daughter Gertrud Frisch-von Meyenburg was married from 1943 to 1960 with architect
Max Frisch. ==Selected works==