Claim: Ludwig Andreas Buchner obtained his PhD in 1839, then became a member of the Imperial Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich (an independent public institution that appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledge within their subject) in 1849.
Evidence: In 1839 he obtained his PhD, followed by his doctorate of medicine in 1842. In 1849 he became a member of the Imperial Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich. The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) is an independent public institution, located in Alfons-Goppel-Str. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledge within their subject.