Feyo Udo Winter

Feyo Udo Winter (born August 7, 1713 in Emden , † January 28, 1772 in Franeker ) was a German doctor.

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Feyo Udo Winter was a son of Wilhelm Winter and his wife Maria Roelands. The father worked as an ensign in 1713, then as a lieutenant in the Dutch garrison in Emden and then in Zutphen . Winter was supposed to learn to be a pharmacist. Instead, he enrolled on May 25, 1734 at the University of Leiden , where he began studying medicine and related sciences in 1738.

At the University of Leiden, Winter heard from the renowned physician and chemist Herman Boerhaave . This imparted modern and progressive medical views and practices to his students. On August 30, 1739 Winter married Gesina van Duiden, whose husband Conr. Schrader had died. Since Conr. Schrader had run a pharmacy, Willem Boeles suspected that Winter might have worked there before studying, but there is no evidence for this. The couple had a daughter named Johanna Wilhelmina , who married Horatius Martinus Vetringa .

The fact that Winter's study time lasted more than ten years suggests that the course did not go smoothly. On February 12, 1745, Winter re-enrolled as a cad. Med. At the university. On July 10, 1745, he received his doctorate from Prof. du Bois without a disputation. He then worked as a general practitioner in Franeker and in the field camp and at the court of the Prince of Orange. The prince also ordered him to see Moritz von Nassau. On September 2, 1755 he was promoted to Lector of Chemistry and Materia Medica . His salary was 400 guilders plus an allowance of 150 guilders. On April 20, 1759 he received a professorship for chemistry and medicine. In the field of chemistry, he also taught pharmacology and pharmacy. On March 6, 1760, he spoke in his inaugural address about "De rerum simplicitate chemicis manifestata".

As rector elected on June 1, 1767, Winter spoke in 1768 in his rectorate speech about "The laudibus medicinae". On this occasion, colleagues and students greatly praised the college professor in poetry. E. Wassenbergh described him as a good, popular, and very learned person who was warm and friendly. Nicolaas Ijpey described him as a good teacher. Other poems of praise indicate that Winter learned from Boerhaave, was familiar with all herbs and was able to distinguish useful and harmful plants from one another.

According to the album Promotorum , Winter assumed the post of doctoral supervisor twelve times between June 22, 1762 and May 6, 1771. He was therefore likely to have broad technical knowledge, human qualities, and be a good teacher. However, he did not leave any printed works. The speeches he gave did not appear in print either. Therefore, its scientific expertise cannot be assessed.

Before his death, Winter ordered that no memorial news should be put in print. The same should apply to the academic funeral sermon and the Programma funebris. His son-in-law said that he wanted to prevent other people from using the prints as toilet paper and thus dishonoring the name Winter. This is an indication that Winter put little emphasis on outward honors and considered their truthfulness to be sarcastic. On the other hand, he probably had a solid sense of self.

Winter found his final resting place in the church of Deinum near Leeuwarden , where his daughter lived. His wife was also buried here in 1783.

literature

• Harro Buß: Winter, Feyo Udo in: Martin Tielke (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland. Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft, Aurich, Vol. 3 ISBN 3-932206-22-3 (2001). Page 439-440.