Samuel Elzevier de Jongh
Samuel Elzevier de Jongh (born June 18, 1898 in Scheveningen , † May 29, 1976 in Leiden ) was a Dutch pharmacologist.
Life
Samuel Elzevier was the son of the father of the same name (* around 1857 in Goes) and Huberta Pieternella Wessel (* March 21, 1859 in Goes; † June 20, 1938 in Leiden). After attending the high school in Gouda, he began studying medicine at the University of Utrecht in 1915 . After he had passed his medical exam in Utrecht on December 23, 1921, he became a medical assistant at the Coolsingel Hospital in Rotterdam in 1922 and on February 16, 1923, he was assistant and conservator at the pharmacological laboratory of the University of Amsterdam, which was headed by Ernst Laqueur . After he had published a paper on female sex hormones in 1926, he completed his habilitation on December 4, 1928 as a private lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and received his doctorate there on December 4, 1929 on the subject of Bijdrage tot de farmacologie van kaliumpermanganaat (German: contributions to the pharmacology of Potassium permanganate ) to the doctor of medicine.
Due to his reputation as an excellent lecturer, he was appointed associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Leiden on April 23, 1935, which de Jongh took on on May 23 of the same year and on June 7 there the introductory speech Over de beteekenis en het wezen der pharmacologie (German: The meaning and essence of pharmacology ) held. On April 26, 1939, he became a full professor of pharmacology, resigned his professorship on January 28, 1943 during the time of the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II and took over again on August 28, 1945 after the restoration of the Leiden University. In the academy year 1957/58 he acted as rector of the alma mater , for which he gave the rector's speech De ontwikkeling der farmacotherapie (German: The development of drug therapy ) on February 7, 1958 .
In 1953 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ghent , where he worked as an exchange professor in 1949. In 1950 he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences , became a member of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten and in 1962 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion . He was also involved in founding Organon , for which he also acted as a consultant. His main work was the introduction to general pharmacology , which became the standard work of its time in the Dutch and German languages. Numerous articles by him appeared in the scientific journals of his time. They deal with topics related to hormones, with the main focus being on insulin . On November 26, 1962, he retired from his professorship.
De Jongh married on December 23, 1926 in Amsterdam with Johanna Maria Boeg (born August 9, 1902 in Amsterdam, † March 29, 2005 in Doorn). The marriage has two children. The daughter Huberta Pieternella (Bep) de Jongh (born January 16, 1929 in Amsterdam; † May 28, 1978 in Zaandam), who married MJ Ruisch, is known from them. In addition, the son Jan de Jongh (born October 13, 1933 in Amsterdam), who married MA Roell.
Works (selection)
- Bijdrage tot de pharmacologie van potassium permanganaate. Amsterdam 1929
- Over de beteekenis en het wezen of pharmacology. Amsterdam 1935
- De ontwikkeling of farmacotherapy. Leiden 1958
- Inleiding tot de algemene farmacologie. Amsterdam 1959; 1964, 1969 (German: Introduction to general pharmacology. A short textbook for students of medicine and pharmacy on important basic terms. Munich 1965)
literature
- PJ Gaillard: Levens report by SE de Jongh. In: Jaarboek of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 1976. Amsterdam, pp. 200–202 ( Online PDF )
- Samuel Elzevier de Jongh. In: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. 120, No. 28, 1976, p. 1228 ( Online PDF )
Web links
- Jongh entry at the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
- Jongh in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
- Jongh in the album Academicum of the Universiteit van Amsterdam
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jongh, Samuel Elzevier de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch pharmacologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scheveningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1976 |
| Place of death | Suffer |