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Why did Friedrich Schiller switch from studying law to studying medicine?
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Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller, painting by Anton Graff, c. 1785.
Friedrich Schiller did not choose his field of study himself; rather, his academic path was dictated by Duke Karl Eugen of WĆ¼rttemberg.
When Schiller was 13, he was sent to the Military Academy (the Karlsschule), an institution founded and personally supervised by the Duke. Although Schillerās parents had hoped he would be trained for the ministry, the Duke decreed that he must prepare for the study of law. Later, however, the Duke allowed Schiller to transfer his studies to medicine.1