Heinrich Callisen

JH Lips: Heinrich Callisen

Heinrich Callisen, born as Hinrich Callisen, (born May 11, 1740 in Preetz ; † February 5, 1824 ) was a German surgeon in the service of the Kingdom of Denmark .

Life

Heinrich Callisen, came from a Holstein pastor family . His father Johannes Callisen (1695–1759) was a preacher in the Preetz monastery , an older brother was the general superintendent Johann Leonhard Callisen .

Heinrich Callisen became Feldscher in Copenhagen . Discharged from military service, he studied medicine . With a grant from the Crown of Denmark, he made a scientific trip to France and England of several years . After returning home in 1771, he became professor and chief surgeon in the Danish fleet . In 1791 he turned down the call of the Crown Prussia to become the first professor at the Berlin School of Surgery, the Pépinière , which opened in 1795 . He became General Director of the Royal Surgical Academy in Copenhagen, founded in 1785 . After he had given up the office in 1805, he ran a doctor's practice until his death .

In December 1815 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

literature

Detlev L. Lübker, Hans Schröder : Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1796 to 1828 , 1. Dept. A – M, Verlag K. Aue, Altona, 1829, p. 92, no. 173, ( online )

Web links

August Hirsch: Callisen, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 710.
Literature by and about Heinrich Callisen in the bibliographic database WorldCat
GoogleBooks

Individual evidence

^ Gordon Norrie: Heinrich Callisen . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 3 : Brüggeman – Dolmer . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1979, ISBN 87-01-77383-6 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
^ List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on October 24, 2019 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Callisen, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Callisen, Henrich; Callisen, Henrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Danish (Holstein) surgeon and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 11, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH	Preetz
DATE OF DEATH	February 5, 1824
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] Gordon Norrie: Heinrich Callisen . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 3 : Brüggeman – Dolmer . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1979, ISBN 87-01-77383-6 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).

[2] List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on October 24, 2019 (French).