Ferdinand Victor Alphons Prosch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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1820-1885, Danish physician and veterinarian
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Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About Ferdinand Victor Alphons Prosch
- Ferdinand Victor Alphons Prosch (November 25, 1820 in Copenhagen – July 29, 1885) was a Danish doctor, veterinarian and biologist.Prosch's father, Johannes Henrik William Prosch (died 1843) was a secretary in the Danish War Chancery and his mother, Caroline Sophie (née Brement) was French.
- In 1837 Prosch was a student at the Metropolitan School in Copenhagen and by 1843 he had taken his medical exams.
- Between 1843 and 1846 Prosch was employed by the University as a prosector, i.e.
- a preparer of specimens for dissection in the University's Zoological museum.In 1847 he joined the Flaaden as the ship's doctor on a voyage to Madeira.
- Guinea, Venezuela and the Caribbean.
- In 1848 he was the ship's doctor on the frigate Havfrue ("Mermaid") in the First Schleswig War.
- After the war practiced as a doctor in Copenhagen and was a teacher of natural history, in which capacity he published the book "Lærer i Naturhistorie, i hvilken Egenskabin" 1851, which at the time was widely used as a school textbook.
- He dealt equally diligently with the study of natural history, comparative anatomy and physiology.
- His scientific reputation was such that in 1852 he gained a teaching post in hygiene studies at Veterinary and Agricultural University, where in 1858 he was appointed associate professor of Dietetics and Animal Husbandry, being promoted to professor a year later.
- he made several journeys abroad to study German and English breeds of farm animals and he was to have a significant impact on Danish agriculture in the late 19th century.
- He was the author and co-author of many text books, articles and papers on animal health and wellbeing.
- He was a Knight of the Danneborg, a Danish honour similar to the Order of the British Empire.
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