About Nils Oker-Blom
Lived 1919 – 1995 (aged 75). Nils Oker-Blom was a Finnish physician and university teacher.
Nils Christian Edgar Oker-Blom (5 August 1919 – 16 January 1995) was a Finnish physician and virologist, who also served as the rector and, later, chancellor of the University of Helsinki.
Oker-Blom graduated from medical school in 1938, obtained a Licenciate of medicine degree in 1947, and Doctorate in 1948.
He began his career at the University of Helsinki in 1950 as an associate professor (Dosentti) of bacteriology and serology. In 1957, he was made a full professor of virology, as the first holder of such post in Finland, and is considered the father of Finnish virology.
In 1944, Oker-Blom married Constance Victorine Nordenswan; the couple had three children.
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Finnish physician, professor and archiater
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Nils Oker-Blom was born on 5 August 1919 in Helsinki.
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Nils Oker-Blom died on 16 January 1995 in Helsinki.
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