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Lars Roberg (4 January 1664 – 21 May 1742) was a Swedish
physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner ( Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through t ...
and natural science researcher. He served as a professor of anatomy and medicine at Uppsala University.


Biography

Roberg was born in
Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropol ...
, Sweden. He was the son of the royal
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Daniel Roberg. He matriculated at
Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ...
at a young age in 1675, and left for a long foreign journey in 1680 to Germany, France and England, during which he studied at the
University of Wittenberg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university ...
and
University of Leiden Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a reward to the city of L ...
. He completed his doctorate in medicine at Leiden in 1693. He became a professor of anatomy and practical medicine at
Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ...
in 1697 and retained the chair until 1740. Lars Roberg was the teacher of
Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalise ...
and Peter Artedi. In 1708, he founded a clinic for the purpose of facilitating the practical education of medical students. ''Nosocomium academicum'' at Oxenstiernska huset in Uppsala would later be merged into the Uppsala University Hospital. He was one of the first to be elected to the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for prom ...
after its formation in 1739. Lars Roberg died at
Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Located north of the capi ...
in 1742.


References

1664 births 1742 deaths Physicians from Stockholm Uppsala University alumni University of Wittenberg alumni Leiden University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University 17th-century Swedish physicians 18th-century Swedish physicians Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{Sweden-med-bio-stub