Jan Isaac Wolterbeek
Jan Isaac Wolterbeek also: Johan Isaäc Wolterbeek (born September 19, 1773 in Utrecht , † September 18, 1853 ibid) was a Dutch physician.
Life
Jan Isaac was the son of pastor Johannes Wolterbeek (born January 21, 1730 in Utrecht; † June 18, 1804 ibid) and his wife Anna Maria Bröffel (January 1737 in Zutphen; † April 1806 in Utrecht). After initial training from his father, he began studying theology at the University of Utrecht . Two years later he turned to the study of medicine, enrolled on November 14, 1795 at the Utrecht University and received his doctorate on December 14, 1796 under Matthias Steevens van Geuns with the treatise Specimen pathologico therapeuticum de gangraena as a doctor of medicine.
He then worked as a doctor at the academic teaching hospital in Utrecht and was appointed professor of medicine on June 3, 1817. He began this task on September 17, 1817 with the introductory speech Natura observanda et prudenter imitanda, summo medici officio . He also participated in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the alma mater in 1831/32 . When resigning from this task he gave the speech de naturae humanae constantia ad praestantiam medicinae vindicandam et vero ad ipsam medicorum fortitudinem sustinendam egregie adhibenda . On October 9, 1838, he retired from his professorship for health reasons.
Wolterbeek married June 26, 1811 in Utrecht Johanna Cornelia van den Ham (born June 6, 1787 in Vlaardingen, † June 11, 1845 in Utrecht), the daughter of Adrianus van den Ham and Swana Killewig. The two sons Jan Gerad Wernard Wolterbeek (born August 18, 1812 in Utrecht, † February 10, 1890 in Utrecht) are from the marriage. August 28, 1845 in Utrecht with Jacoba Soblet (around 1819 in Culemborg; † April 27, 1893 in Utrecht) and Adrianus Wolterbeek (born January 7, 1814 in Utrecht; † January 23, 1814 in Utrecht).
literature
- Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. JJ van Brederode, Haarlem, 1877, vol. 20, p. 411, ( online )
- Paul Henri Simon Thomas: WOLTERBEEK (Jan Isaäc) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 1. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 1587 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1911, reprint unchanged).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolterbeek, Jan Isaac |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolterbeek, Johan Isaäc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Utrecht |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1853 |
| Place of death | Utrecht |