Max Thorek
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Early life and education
Max Thorek was born in Budapest, where his father was a physician in a small town.[3] Thorek's preparation for university training began in Budapest but was interrupted when his younger brother was killed in a pogrom and the family emigrated to Chicago, where he attended the University of Chicago.[4] He completed his medical degree at Rush Medical College in 1904.[3] Thorek later worked in obstetrics, general, and reconstructive surgery.[1]
He married Fannie Unger in Chicago on 16 April 1905.[3]
In 1954, he founded the International Museum of Surgical Science in a Chicago Gold Coast mansion,[4] and was the founder of Thorek Memorial Hospital, as of 2019 still in operation in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood.[5]
He became an internationally acclaimed amateur photographer during the pictorialist movement, and author of several books on the subject, including Camera Art as a Means of Self-Expression (1947) and Creative Camera Art (1937).
Death and legacy
He died in Chicago on 25 January 1960, and was interred at Rosehill Cemetery.[1]
References
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- 1880 births
- 1960 deaths
- American Eugenics Society members
- Hungarian surgeons
- Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States
- Physicians from Chicago
- 20th-century American surgeons
- University of Chicago alumni
- Rush Medical College alumni
- Burials at Rosehill Cemetery