Alfredo Antunes Kanthack
Alfredo Antunes Kanthack , MD , FRCP , (born March 4, 1863 in Bahia , † January 24, 1898 in Cambridge ) was a Brazilian microbiologist and pathologist .
Life
Alfredo Antunes Kanthack spent his childhood in his native Brazil , where his father Emilio Kanthack worked as the British consul in Pará . When he was six years old, his father moved the family to Germany for business reasons . Kanthack was considered a hardworking but average student. It was only when the family moved to Liverpool in 1887 and the son attended the local medical school that his academic talent was revealed.
By 1888, Kanthack had achieved several degrees and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons . Among other things, he worked in Germany with Rudolf Virchow , Robert Koch and Wilhelm Krause , with whom he became friends and corresponded lively. In 1890 he traveled to India as a member of the Indian Leprosy Commission to investigate the spread and treatment of leprosy . On his return he received a research fellowship at the University of Cambridge , but shortly afterwards moved to the Royal Infirmary in Liverpool , where he set up a bacteriological laboratory . At this time, the collaboration between science and hospitals was generally intensified in order to make research more efficient and systematic. Particularly noteworthy are his research contributions on tuberculosis in milk and immunity . As well as being a brilliant researcher, Kanthack was a popular teacher who encouraged many students to work in his laboratory. However, his enthusiasm for all kinds of sport also played a role, through which he came into close personal contact with his students.
In 1893 Alfredo Kanthack became director of the pathology department at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Medical School , where he continued to conduct research and teaching. In the meantime, his head of research, Professor Charley Roy, had been appointed as the new chairman of pathology at Cambridge, but could not take up the post for health reasons. Kanthack was appointed as his deputy and initially combined his two activities. In 1897 he resigned from his London post and was appointed professor of pathology at Cambridge.
After working in Cambridge for 13 months, Kanthack died of cancer at the age of 35. The Kanthack Medal has been awarded in Liverpool since 1900 for work in the field of pathology and microbiology. The library of pathology in Cambridge was also named Kanthack-Nuttel Library after him, and in 2005 a research grant was set up in his name. The Cambridge Department of Pathology writes on its website that Kanthack had a wide range of interests: " Phagocytosis , snake venom , tetanus , neck fistulas and football."
Publications
- With Humphrey Rolleston: Manual of practical morbid anatomy . 1894
- With John Hannah Drysdale: A Course of Elementary Practical Bacteriology . 1895 (reissued 2010)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kanthack, Alfredo Antunes on livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk
- ↑ a b c d Alfredo Kanthack at histonroadcemetery.org
- ↑ Graces submitted to the Regent House on October 5, 2005 on cam.ac.uk v. October 5, 2005
- ↑ History of the Department on path.cam.ac.uk ( Memento from February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kanthack, Alfredo Antunes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian microbiologist and pathologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bahia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1898 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |