Anders Daae (27 September 1852 – 14 June 1924) was a Norwegian-American physician.

Personal life

He was born at

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, Norway. He was a son of vicar Jens Kobro Daae (1811–1897) and his wife Nicoline Friis Daae (1820–1895). His mother was his father's first cousin, as well as a sister of historian and politician

Ludvig Kristensen Daa Ludvig Kristensen Daa (19 August 1809 – 12 June 1877) was a Norwegian historian, ethnologist, auditor, editor of magazines and newspapers, educator and politician. Background He was born as Ludvig Christensen Daae in Saltdal to vicar Christen ...

. Anders Daae was also a nephew of priest and politician Claus Nils Holtzrod Daae, and a second cousin of Norwegian customs director Iver Munthe Daae (1845–1924), prison director Anders Daae, jurist and politician

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, historian

and Suzannah Daae Ibsen. Anders Daae's sister Dina married bishop

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, and as such Daae was an uncle of

Fredrik Moltke Bugge Frederik Moltke Bugge (16 January 1865 – 8 November 1938) was a Norwegian barrister and politician. Personal life He was born in Haram as a son of bishop Frederik Wilhelm Klumpp Bugge and Edvardine Magdalene Margrethe Daae. He was a grandson ...

. In May 1890 in

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he married Ragnhild Blegen.

Career

Daae

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his secondary education in Skien in 1869, and took the

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degree in 1878. He was a board member of the

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, and in 1876 and 1878 he chaired the students' society ''Medicinerforeningen''. He worked at Rikshospitalet from 1878 to 1879, Gaustad Asylum from 1879 to 1880 and at Eidsvold Bad in 1880. From 1880 to 1884 and 1885 to his death he worked in

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. He was a member of the Chicago Medical Society and the Scandinavian Medical Society in Chicago. In addition to being a physician, he worked as a correspondent for ''

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''. He headed several fundraisers when disasters, such as the Ålesund Fire, occurred in Norway or Sweden. In 1906 he also headed the Norwegian-American deputation to the coronation of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway.''Hvem er hvem?'' 1912
/ref> He was decorated as a Knight of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in October 1906. He died in June 1924 in Chicago of

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References

1852 births 1924 deaths Norwegian psychiatrists Norwegian emigrants to the United States Norwegian reporters and correspondents Physicians from Chicago Deaths from diabetes Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal {{US-physician-stub