Vilhelm Uchermann. Vilhelm Uchermann (23 November 1852 – 24 February 1929) was a Norwegian physician, and the first

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in Norway. He was born in

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, to physician Wilhelm Hansen Heiberg Uchermann and Emilie Leganger. He was a cousin of painter

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, and uncle of illustrator and actor

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. Uchermann graduated as

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in 1876. He specialized in both

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and

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. From 1895 to 1922 he was appointed professor at the

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. Among his publications are ''Lægebog for Sømænd'' from 1889, his doctoral thesis ''De døvstumme i Norge'' (two volumes, 1892–1896), and ''Illustreret lægebok for hjemmet'' from 1917. He edited the journal ''Tidsskrift for praktisk Medicin'', a forerunner of the ''

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''. He was decorated as Knight, First Class of the

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in 1899. He died in

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in 1929.

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1852 births 1929 deaths People from Åmot University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian surgeons Otolaryngologists Norwegian journal editors {{Norway-academic-bio-stub