Evert Jan Thomassen à Thuessink

Evert Jan Thomassen à Thuessink (born August 6, 1762 in Zwolle ; † June 3, 1832 in Groningen ) was a professor of medicine in Groningen, son of David Thomassen à Thuessink (Mayor of Zwolle) and Maria Jacoba Keizer.

Life

He first studied in Haderwijk before he enrolled on September 9, 1778 at the Academic Gymnasium Lingen as a student in law and medicine. From September 21, 1780 he studied at the University of Leiden . In 1794 he became a professor of medicine in Groningen and taught a. a. Pathology , clinical and forensic medicine . He particularly specialized in infectious diseases and ophthalmology . In 1797 he gave the first impetus for the establishment of the University Hospital (Nosocomium Academicum) in Groningen, today University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). From 1787 he was married to Adriana Catharina de Blanche (1767-1832).

In 1806 he was elected a foreign member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

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genealogy

Individual evidence

^ Tenfelde, Walter: Album Studiosorum Academiae Lingensis 1698-1819. Lingen 1964
^ Lindeboom, GA: A Classified Bibliography of the History of Dutch Medicine 1900–1974. Dordrecht 1975
↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 239.

personal data
SURNAME	Thomassen à Thuessink, Evert Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Thomassen a Thuessink, Everardus Joannes; Thomassen, Evert Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch medic
DATE OF BIRTH	August 6, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zwolle
DATE OF DEATH	June 3, 1832
Place of death	Groningen

[1] Tenfelde, Walter: Album Studiosorum Academiae Lingensis 1698-1819. Lingen 1964

[2] Lindeboom, GA: A Classified Bibliography of the History of Dutch Medicine 1900–1974. Dordrecht 1975

[3] Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 239.