RESUMO
This project was initiated by the Finnish Historical Society in 1993. The reason was an increasing interest in biographies. The aim is to write 6000 Finnish biographies in 11-12 volumes. The articles are planned to be published in the beginning of the year 2000. Selected historical characters from the Middle Ages to the present day are to be described. The most influential persons in politics, economy and the church as well as in art and sport are presented in articles of 20-30 pages. Certain persons representing the economy of life of previous times are presented in shorter articles as examples of the circumstances of their days. In addition extraordinary characters considered to be of special interest to the readers are introduced. The border between the groups is indistinct. The witches from the 17th Century are, for example, both typical representatives of their time and exceptional persons as seen by modern people. Similarities between old magic and modern "alternative" medicine are also obvious. An object of special interest is women's history, which previously has been almost overlooked. Female biographies now constitute about 15% of the articles. The National Biography is also available as a net version. The first articles were opened in late 1997 in the Internet. In the field of medical science, all the most prominent persons in the history of medicine and related professions are included, beginning from the king's physician Johan Copp in the 16th century. The medical profession is extended so as to consist of university professors and scientists, practitioners and promotors of administration as well as healers.
Assuntos
Historiografia , Editoração/história , Biografias como Assunto , Dicionários como Assunto , Finlândia , História do Século XVI , História do Século XX , História Moderna 1601- , Literatura/história , MedicinaRESUMO
Barbro Christina Hastesko Fortuna's parents were Lorentz Hastesko-Fortuna, descendant from a famous military family, and Sofia Gios, the daughter of Lagman Johan Gios and Sofia Ille. The mother died in 1699 after the birth of Sofia's only brother. The father died in 1705. The orpahn girl was given in marriage almost as a child to an officer by name Carl Johan Norman. He was killed in 1710 in the Great Northern War. The young wife was in captivity in Russia until 1721. There she studied medicine. Soon after her release in the summer of 1721, she married Captain Johan Ventzel Rotkirch. The husband belonged to a well-known military family of German extraction. Barbro Christina Hastesko-Fortuna and her husband inhabited the Stensbole manor at Porvoo. A total of 10 children were born in the family. In spite of her duties as lady of a large manor and the mother of a big family, Barbro Christina Hastesko-Fortuna treated eye diseases in all social classes in a wide area. Her function was examined in 1769 by request of her son at a session of the Porvoo District Court. The Court issued a laudatory statement. The medicines prepared by her were effective as testified by both young and old witnesses, particularly when they were used according to her instructions.
