About Oscar Wanscher
Lived 1846 – 1906 (aged 59). Oscar Wanscher was a Danish non-fiction writer.
Oscar Wanscher (19 March 1846 – 7 March 1906) was a Danish surgeon.
Early life and education Wanscher was born on 19 March 1846 in Copenhagen, the son of paper merchant Wilhelm Wanscher (1802–82) and Karen Johanne Juliane Wegener (1814–79). He matriculated from.Westen's institute and earned a Master of Medicine degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1871. He then went on to study eye diseases for two years at E. Grut's eye clinic. In 1872–84, he worked at Copenhagen Municipal Hospital. In 1877, he defended his dissertation (Om Diphtheritis og Croup).
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Danish surgeon
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Oscar Wanscher was born on 19 March 1846 in Copenhagen.
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Oscar Wanscher died on 7 March 1906 in Copenhagen.
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Oscar Wanscher was a non-fiction writer.
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Oscar Wanscher was Danish.
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