Johann Heinrich Blumenthal (physician)
Johann Heinrich Blumenthal (born September 2, 1734 in Mitau , † March 12, 1804 in Hasenpoth ) was a German-Baltic doctor and Protestant theologian .
Life
Johann Heinrich Blumenthal was born as the son of the merchant, confectioner and chief provisions commissioner Friedrich Peter Blumenthal (d. 1750) and his wife Johanna Margaretha, née. Ihnken, born in Mitau in Courland .
He received his education at the Latin City School in Mitau. After graduation, Blumenthal first decided to study theology. For this purpose he enrolled at the University of Rostock in 1753 . The following year he went to the University of Jena to continue his studies .
He was then a tutor in Courland. Apparently tired of this activity, Blumenthal began a second degree, this time that of medicine. From 1770 he studied at the University of Leiden and completed his studies in 1773 as Dr. med. from. During these three years he was probably also studying in Paris and Oxford .
In 1773/74 Johann Heinrich Blumenthal was active as a companion of a Courland nobleman in Strasbourg before he returned to Courland in 1774 to work as a doctor. In 1774 he was initially a doctor in his hometown and hometown Mitau, and from 1775 until his death in 1804 in Hasenpoth. From 1782 to 1795 he also held the post of land physician in the Pilten district . In 1790, he turned down a call to be the personal physician of Duke Peter von Kurland .
Johann Heinrich Blumenthal was married three times. From his third marriage to Dorothea Kühz (1795) the son Heinrich Ludwig Johann Blumenthal (1804-1881) emerged, who also became a doctor and from 1828 worked as an associate professor for obstetrics at the University of Kharkiv .
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Johann Heinrich Blumenthal. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Johann Heinrich Blumenthal's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blumenthal, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic medic and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1734 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mitau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1804 |
| Place of death | Hasenpoth |