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Benediktos Adamantiades
Benediktos Adamantiades ( el, Βενέδικτος Αδαμαντιάδης; 1875 in Bursa – 1962 in Athens) was an Ottoman-born, Greeks, Greek ophthalmologist. To honor his major scientific medical contributions, Adamantiades–Behçet's disease, Behçet's disease is often called Adamantiades–Behçet's disease after him. Life and scientific contributions He was born to Fotios Adamantiades a teacher in Bursa in Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire. He became orphaned in an early age and raised by his uncle a Metropolitan bishop, metropolitan in Thrace and Turkey. He completed his high school studies in the Phanar Greek Orthodox College, Illustrious School of the Nation where he graduate with excellent grades in 1892. Then he visited Athens with the intent of becoming an engineer, but the National Technical University of Athens, Polytechnic of Athens had stopped its enrollments by the time he got there, so he enrolled in the Medical School instead. He returned to the Ottoman Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of Turkey's automotive production takes place in Bursa. As of 2019, the Metropolitan Province was home to 3,056,120 inhabitants, 2,161,990 of whom lived in the 3 city urban districts (Osmangazi, Yildirim and Nilufer) plus Gursu and Kestel, largely conurbated. Bursa was the first major and second overall capital of the Ottoman State between 1335 and 1363. The city was referred to as (, meaning "God's Gift" in Ottoman Turkish, a name of Persian origin) during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is ("") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban fabric, as well as to the vast and richly varied forests of the surrounding region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
