Christian Sibelius ( Swede Christian Sibelius , 1869-1922) - Finnish psychiatrist.
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| Date of Birth | March 28, 1869 |
| Place of Birth | Tavastgus , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | July 2, 1922 (53 years old) |
| Place of death | Helsinki , Finland |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire ,  Finland |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
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Christian Sibelius was born in Tavastgus , the Grand Duchy of Finland , was the youngest of three children, Dr. Christian Gustav Sibelius and Maria Charlotte Borg. He lost his father early, spent his childhood with his mother, brother and sister in his grandmother's house in his hometown. Following the family tradition, children were taught to play musical instruments. Sister Linda studied the piano, brother Jan , who later became a famous musician, first on the piano, then on the violin, and Christian on the cello [1] . In his youth, Christian performed at concerts with his brother Jan and in 1889 received a bachelor of arts degree, but subsequently felt a craving for medicine and in 1897 received a doctor’s degree in medicine from Imperial Alexander University and began working there at the Department of Pathology [2] . C. Sibelius's doctoral dissertation was devoted to the problems of the relationship between paralysis and spinal cord injury and was highly appreciated by the medical community.
Since 1904, K. Sibelius worked in Lapinlahti in a psychiatric hospital, which was a training hospital for medical students at the University of Helsingfors , where he conducted psychiatric research. In 1906, he became an associate professor of psychiatry, and in 1909, a professor [2] . On his initiative, the Finnish Psychiatric Association was founded in 1913, whose president K. Sibelius was elected. In 1921, K. Sibelius was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of the University of Helsinki [2] . After Finland gained independence, he was a supporter of the country's health care reform.
C. Sibelius was married to the writer Kaino Ihanelme Swan (1878-1970), they had four children in marriage.
Notes
- ↑ Jan Sibelius (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 30, 2015. Archived on May 5, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Christian Sibelius