Ossian Schauman
Encyclopedia
Ossian Schauman was the founder of the Swedish-speaking non-governmental organization Folkhälsan
, which provides social welfare and health care services in Finland. He was also the younger brother of Wilhelm Schauman
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He displayed an interest in botany already at an early age, and could often be found tending to plants in the garden. In 1872 Ossian Schauman was admitted to the Wasa Lyceum (high school) at the age of 10. This was also the year in which his father died, which devastated Ossian and the rest of the family. When Schauman graduates from the high school in 1879 at the age of 17, he moves to Helsinki to continue his studies at the university. In 1888 he graduates with a first medical degree, and in 1894 he becomes an M.D. in internal medicin. In 1897 he becomes assistant professor in medicin and then finally in 1908 professor in internal medicin at the University of Helsinki
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Folkhälsan
Samfundet Folkhälsan, or in short Folkhälsan is a non-governmental organization based in Finland. It is active in advocating social welfare and health care for the Swedish-speakers of Finland. The organization also carries out scientific research and informs and counsels in order to promote health...
, which provides social welfare and health care services in Finland. He was also the younger brother of Wilhelm Schauman
Wilhelm Schauman
Berndt Wilhelm Schauman was a Finnish industrialist, the most important in Jakobstad at the beginning of the 20th century. He was the older brother of Ossian Schauman. Wilhelm Schauman's first industrial installation was a small chicory factory, which he founded in 1883...
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Life
Ossian Schauman was born on 30 March 1862 in Jakobstad to the pharmacist and businessman Victor Schauman and his wife Elise Wilhelmina Schauman (née Ekelund), who had 13 children in total. The father died of heart failure before the age of 50, when Ossian Schaumen was only 10 years old. There seems to have been a genetic heart defect running in the family, since both Ossian Schauman and several of his brothers also died before they had turned 60 years old.He displayed an interest in botany already at an early age, and could often be found tending to plants in the garden. In 1872 Ossian Schauman was admitted to the Wasa Lyceum (high school) at the age of 10. This was also the year in which his father died, which devastated Ossian and the rest of the family. When Schauman graduates from the high school in 1879 at the age of 17, he moves to Helsinki to continue his studies at the university. In 1888 he graduates with a first medical degree, and in 1894 he becomes an M.D. in internal medicin. In 1897 he becomes assistant professor in medicin and then finally in 1908 professor in internal medicin at the University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...
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