Anders Daae (27 September 1852 – 14 June 1924) was a

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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

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. 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 Ludvig Daae, historian Ludvig Daae and Suzannah Daae Ibsen. Anders Daae's sister Dina married bishop Wilhelm Bugge, and as such Daae was an uncle of Fredrik Moltke Bugge. In May 1890 in

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he married Ragnhild Blegen.

Career

Daae finished his secondary education in

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in 1869, and took the cand.med. 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

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from 1878 to 1879,

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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

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, occurred in Norway or Sweden. In 1906 he also headed the Norwegian-American deputation to the coronation of

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and Queen Maud of Norway.''Hvem er hvem?'' 1912
/ref> He was decorated as a Knight of the

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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 in the United States Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal {{US-physician-stub