Abraham Back
Abraham Bäck (* 1713 in Söderhamn ; † March 15, 1795 in Stockholm ) was the personal physician of the kings of Sweden .
Live and act
Abraham Bäck became a student at Uppsala University in 1730, where he was one of Nils Rosén von Rosenstein's most ardent students. In 1740 he received his doctorate medicinalis, traveled abroad from 1740 to 1745 and, on his return, became a member of the Collegium Medicum , of which he became president in 1752. Bäck was accepted into the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1746 and elected to the Leopoldina Academy of Scholars in 1748 . In 1749 he was appointed personal physician to Friedrich I , after his death in 1751 he remained personal physician to his successor Adolf Friedrich . When he died in 1771, Bäck became the personal physician ofGustav III Mrs. Sophie Magdalena .
Honors
Carl von Linné named the genus Baeckea from the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) in honor of his close friend Abraham Bäck .
A street was named after him in Söderhamn, the town where he was born ( Abraham Bäckgatan ).
literature
- Back, Abraham . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 149 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Correspondence between Abraham Bäck and Carl von Linné
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member entry by Abraham Bäck at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Species Plantarum . Stockholm, 1753, p. 358 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Back, Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish personal doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1713 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soderhamn |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1795 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |