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Alfons Von Rosthorn
Alfons Edler von Rosthorn (19 September 1857 – 9 August 1909) was an gynecologist in Austria-Hungary who was native of Oed, a village that is located in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land. In 1885 he earned his doctorate from the University of Vienna, where he studied zoology and medicine, and was a student of surgeon Theodor Billroth (1829-1894). Afterwards, he became an assistant to Rudolf Chrobak (1843-1910) at the second university ''Frauenklinik'' in Vienna. In 1891 he was habilitated for gynecology and obstetrics, and in 1894 became a full professor of OB/GYN at the Charles University in Prague, University of Prague. Later, he was a professor at the Universities of University of Graz, Graz (from 1899), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg (from 1902) and University of Vienna, Vienna (from 1908). Rosthorn was the author of numerous works involving gynecological disorders. His better known publications were a treatise on human pelvis, pelvic tissue diseases called ''Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfons Von Rosthorn, Portrait
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Monarchy of Spain, Hispanic and kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''*Ildefonsus, Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th. and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th Century until the 15th. Variants of the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
