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Peter Voswinckel (; born 9 November 1951) is a German physician, author and medical historian. Between 2012 and October 2021, Voswinckel was the head of the archives and the historical research of the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology. He is a member of the Siepmann family.


Early life and education

Voswinckel was born in 1951 in Soest, West Germany to Carl Voswinckel (1902–1967) and Käthe (
née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...
Siepmann; 1910–1994). His father was a merchant who later lived and died in
Bad Kissingen Bad Kissingen () is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and County town, seat of the Bad Kissingen (district), district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale, Franconia ...
. His mother was the youngest daughter of Emil Siepmann and therefore he is also a member of the Siepmann family. He had three older brothers; Klaus (1940–2009), Gert (1946-1946), Hans (1946-1946) and Johann Christian (1946–1978). In 1970, Voswinckel completed his
Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...
at Archivgymnasium in Soest and then studied
Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...
at
University of Constance The University of Konstanz () is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's southernmost university and is s ...
,
University of Münster The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...
,
University of Duisburg-Essen The University of Duisburg-Essen () is a public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In the 2019 ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', the university was awarded 194th place in the world. It was originally ...
and the
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...
. In 1981, he became a licensed
physician A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Med ...
. He completed his MD in 1982 with the PhD work titled "Das Auto und seine Welt im Spiegel des deutschen Ärzteblattes 1907-1975".


Career

Initially, Voswinckel worked as assistant physician in
hematology Hematology (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to bloo ...
and
oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's Etymology, etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγ ...
, until he changed into the field of
medical history The medical history, case history, or anamnesis (from Greek: ἀνά, ''aná'', "open", and μνήσις, ''mnesis'', "memory") of a patient is a set of information the physicians collect over medical interviews. It involves the patient, and ev ...
, completing a
PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...
in 1985. Between 1992 and 2002, Voswinckel worked as scientific employee at the Institute for Medical and Scientific History in
Lübeck Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic Sea, Baltic coast and the second-larg ...
. His projects included topics such as medical biography and emigration research. In 1997, Voswinckel became a professor at
RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), in German ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen'', is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 47,000 students enrolled in 144 study prog ...
. After 2002, he was primarily engaging in independent work as medical historian. Between 2012 and October 2021, he was the head of the archives and historical research of the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology.


Personal life

Voswinckel is married and has two children. Since 2020, he is again resident of
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...
.


Literature

* ''Der Fall Seveso. Kurzfassung eines Seminarvortrags mit Bildern.'' Seminar über Umweltprobleme mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Strahlenbelastung, Universität Münster, WS 76/77. Institut für Strahlenbiologie. Klartext, Bremen 1977. (in German) * ''Arzt und Auto. Das Auto und seine Welt im Spiegel des Deutschen Ärzteblattes von 1907 bis 1975'' (= ''Studien zur Medizin-, Kunst- und Literaturgeschichte.'' Bd. 4). Murken-Altrogge, Münster 1981, . . (in German) * ''50 Jahre Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie.'' Murken-Altrogge, Herzogenrath 1987, . (in German) * ''Der schwarze Urin. Vom Schrecknis zum Laborparameter. Urina Nigra. Alkaptonurie, Hämoglobinurie, Myoglobinurie, Porphyrinurie, Melanurie.'' Blackwell Wissenschaft, Berlin 1993 ertrieb: Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim . (in German) * als Herausgeber: Isidor Fischer: ''Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte der letzten fünfzig Jahre. Band III: Nachträge und Ergänzungen (Abad–Komp).'' Olms, Hildesheim 2002, . (in German) * ''Geführte Wege. Die Lübecker Märtyrer in Wort und Bild.'' Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2010, 3. Aufl. 2011, . (in German) * ''Dokumente zum Thema Lübecker Märtyrer 1941–1945, im Auftrag des Kulturbüros der Hansestadt Lübeck, gefördert von der Gemeinnützigen Sparkassenstiftung zu Lübeck, zusammengestellt von Peter Voswinckel.'' Ohne Verlag, Lübeck 2011 (in German) * ''1937-2012. Die Geschichte der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Onkologie im Spiegel ihrer Ehrenmitglieder. – „Verweigerte Ehre“. Dokumentation zu Hans Hirschfeld.'' Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie e.V.: erlin 20123. Ergänzte Aufl. Berlin 2020, 170 S. . . (in German) * ''Erinnerungsort Krebsbaracke. Klarstellungen um das erste interdisziplinäre Krebsforschungsinstitut in Deutschland (Berlin, Charité). 1. Aufl. 2014, 2. durchgesehene und erweiterte Aufl. 2019.'' Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Onkologie (DGHO), Berlin, . . (in German) * ''Das verschüttete Antlitz des Generalsekretärs. Spurensuche als posthume Würdigung von Prof. George Meyer (1860–1923). Zugleich ein medizinhistorisches Lehrstück.'' Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie (DGHO), Berlin 2015, . . (in German) * ''Fundstücke aus dem DGHO-Archiv 1937-2017.'' Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie, Berlin 2017, 2. durchges. und erg. Auflage 2021, . . (in German) * ''Dr. med. Josef Löbel, Franzensbad/Berlin (1882–1942). Botschafter eines heiteren deutschen Medizin-Feuilletons in Wien – Berlin – Prag''. 1. Aufl. 2018, 3. durchgesehene und ergänzte Aufl. 2021. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie (DGHO), Berlin 2021, , 178 Seiten. . (in German) * ''Verwässerung und Verleugnung einer Gründungsgeschichte der Onkologie. Ernst von Leyden und seine Bedeutung für Disziplinbildung und Internationalität.'' Hrsg. von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie DGHO e.V., Selbstverlag DGHO e. V., Berlin 2019, . . (in German) * ''Nachrufe und Gedenkartikel. Ernst von Leyden (1832–1910).'' Hrsg. von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie DGHO e.V. (Historische Forschungsstelle und Archiv), Selbstverlag DGHO e. V., Berlin 2019. Digitale Version dem obenstehenden Titel (2019) beigeheftet. (in German)


References

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