Petrus Kirstenius
German physician and orientalist
Died when: 62 years 102 days (747 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Petrus Kirstenius, latinised form of Peter Kirstein (December 25, 1577 – April 5, 1640, age 62) was a physician and orientalist.He was born in Breslau (today Wroclaw, Poland).
He studied medicine at Jena, Basel and was the Principal of a High School in Wroclaw.He held the degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Philosophy.
Kirstenius was interested in Oriental languages, and founded an Arabic printer of his own publishing an Arabic grammar book.Later he lived in Prussia but was invited by Axel Oxenstierna to become a personal physician of Queen Christina of Sweden and Professor of Medicine at Uppsala University in 1636.
Petrus Kirstenius died in Uppsala.His son (1617–1682) was a fortification officer and court engineer in Sweden.
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