Konstantin Konik

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name = Konstantin Konik


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birth_date = December 19 1873
birth_place = Tartu
death_date = August 3 1936
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known_for = Member of the
Estonian Salvation Committee
occupation = Surgeon, Politician
nationality = EST
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Konstantin Konik M.D. (December 19, 1873 - August 3 1936) was an Estonian surgeon [cite web |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7733608 |title=Konstantin Konik |accessdate=2008-10-04 |work= |publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine |last=Niinikoski J. |date=1994 ] and politician, member of the Estonian Salvation Committee [cite book |title=Historical Dictionary of Estonia |last=Miljan |first=Toivo |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location= |isbn=9780810849044 |pages= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XKWRct15XfkC&pg=PA225 ]

Konstantin Konik was born to a working class family, his father made living as a carter. After studying at the Tartu Gymnasium, Konstantin Konik graduated from University of Tartu faculty of Medicine in 1873 and made his doctorate degree at the Odessa University in 1903.cite book |title=Konstantin Konik |last=Arjakas |first=Küllo |authorlink= |coauthors=Hando Runnel |year=2004 |publisher=Ilmamaa |location= |isbn=9985771338 |pages= |url=http://www.ilmamaa.ee/files/pdfs/2004/konik%20luhike.pdf ]

On March 8 1920 Konik made history at the University of Tartu by giving the first lecture ever made on medicine in Estonian. The University of Tartu was established as an Estonian institution only in 1919, it had been a Baltic German university where only German and since the 1880-90s Russian language had been used.

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