About Friedrich Joseph Haass
Lived 1780 – 1853 (aged 73). Friedrich Joseph Haass was a German and Russian physician, philanthropist and public figure.
Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass (, Fyodor Petrovich Gaaz; 10 August 1780 – ) was the "holy doctor of Moscow". Born in Bad Münstereifel, as a member of Moscow's governmental prison committee, he spent 25 years until the end of his life to humanize the penal system. During the last nine years before his death, he spent all of his assets to run a hospital for homeless people. He died in Moscow. Twenty thousand people attended his funeral at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery, which was paid for by the state as he had no more money.
He has a Catholic remembrance day of the 16th of August.
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Who was Friedrich Joseph Haass?
Russian physician
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Friedrich Joseph Haass was born on 10 August 1780 in Bad Münstereifel.
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Friedrich Joseph Haass died on 16 August 1853 in Moscow.
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Friedrich Joseph Haass was a physician, philanthropist and public figure.
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Friedrich Joseph Haass was German and Russian.
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