Joannes Cassianus Pompe
Joannes Cassianus Pompe (born September 9, 1901 in Utrecht , † April 15, 1945 in Sint Pancras near Alkmaar ) was a Dutch pathologist who was the first to describe the metabolic disease Pompe named after him in 1932 .
After studying at the University of Amsterdam, he qualified as a doctor in 1936 with his doctoral thesis Cardiomegalia glycogenica on the metabolic disorder that was later named after him. Pompe was very well read and a devout Catholic. A secret radio system was discovered in his laboratory during World War II. Pompe was imprisoned by the German occupiers in February 1945. After a railway line near St. Pancras was blown up, he and 19 other people were shot dead in retaliation.
literature
- GA Lindeboom: Dutch medical biography. A biographical dictionary of Dutch physicians and surgeons 1475-1975 . Rodopi, Amsterdam 1984.
Web links
- Dissertation as PDF (Dutch) (9.08 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ in NTG. Volume 76, 1932, pp. 304-311.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pompe, Joannes Cassianus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch pathologist and first person to describe the metabolic disease Pompe disease |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Utrecht |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1945 |
| Place of death | Sint Pancras near Alkmaar |