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Kai Setälä

1913 – 2005

Finnish professor of anatomy

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Lived 1913 – 2005 (aged 91). Kai Setälä was a Finnish physician, anatomist, pathologist and professor.

Kai Martin Edvard Setälä (13 September 1913, Pori – 12 May 2005, Helsinki) was a Finnish physician and professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Helsinki. Through his daughter Christel, he was the maternal grandfather of Alexander Stubb, the 13th president of Finland.

Life Setälä's parents were pharmacist Emil Eino Fredrik Setälä (1888–1963) and Helmi Emilia Snellman (1889–1952). Setälä graduated from Nurmes joint school in 1933 and graduated with a medical degree in 1941, when he also defended his doctorate in medicine and surgery. In 1942, he married Inger Maria Torsdotter Ekman (1922–1986). He received his qualification as a specialist in x-ray examination and treatment in 1946 and his specialist qualification in radiation therapy for cancer diseases in 1949. Setälä was a docent of radiotherapy at the University of Helsinki from 1948 to 1953, when he became a professor. Before that, he had worked for both the university and several different hospitals. Setälä held numerous positions of trust at home and abroad, he was, among other things, a founding member and vice-chairman of the at the end of the 1940s.

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Who was Kai Setälä?

Finnish professor of anatomy

When was Kai Setälä born?

Kai Setälä was born on 13 September 1913 in Pori.

When did Kai Setälä die?

Kai Setälä died on 12 May 2005 in Helsinki.

What was Kai Setälä's occupation?

Kai Setälä was a physician, anatomist, pathologist and professor.

What nationality was Kai Setälä?

Kai Setälä was Finnish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Kai Setälä

· Wikidata: Q11868901

· DBpedia: Kai Setälä

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