Konstantin Konik

Konstantin Konik

Born	December 19, 1873 Dorpat
Died	August 3, 1936
Nationality	Estonian
Occupation	Surgeon, Politician
Known for	Member of the Estonian Salvation Committee

Konstantin Konik M.D. (December 19, 1873 - August 3, 1936) was an Estonian politician and surgeon,^[1] member of the Estonian Salvation Committee^[2]

Konstantin Konik was born to a working class family, his father made living as a carter. After studying at the Governorate Gymnasium in Dorpat, Konstantin Konik graduated from faculty of Medicine of the University of Dorpat in 1873, and made his doctorate degree at the Odessa University in 1903.^[3]

On March 8, 1920 Konik made history at the University of Tartu by giving the first lecture ever made on medicine in Estonian.^[3] The University of Tartu was established as an Estonian institution only in 1919, it had been the University of Dorpat, a Baltic German institution, before, where only German and since the 1880-90s Russian language had been used.

References

^ Niinikoski J. (1994). "Konstantin Konik". U.S. National Library of Medicine. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7733608. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
^ Miljan, Toivo (2004). Historical Dictionary of Estonia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849044. http://books.google.com/books?id=XKWRct15XfkC&pg=PA225.
^ ^a ^b Arjakas, Küllo; Hando Runnel (2004). Konstantin Konik. Ilmamaa. ISBN 9985771338. http://www.ilmamaa.ee/files/pdfs/2004/konik%20luhike.pdf.

Political offices
Preceded by Hugo Kukke	Estonian Minister of Education 1933	Succeeded by Nikolai Kann

Persondata
Name	Konik, Konstantin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 19, 1873
Place of birth	Tartu
Date of death	August 3, 1936
Place of death