Английская Википедия:Agop Handanyan

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Dr. Agop Handanyan (born 1834, Diyarbakir, Ottoman Empire - died October 30, 1899 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire) was a respected physician, writer, translator, professor, and author of the first forensic science book in Ottoman Turkey.[1] He was of Armenian descent.[2]

Background

Agop Handanyan was born in Diyarbakir and moved to Istanbul at the age of five.Шаблон:Citation needed He first studied at the local Armenian Шаблон:Interlanguage link in Scutari, the Asiatic part of Constantinople.Шаблон:Citation needed After graduating from the Lyceum, he pursued a medical career. In 1860, he finished his studies at the Шаблон:Interlanguage link, which was the first medical school in the Ottoman Empire. in 1878, he became the professor of the Military Medical Academy after Serovpe (Servitchen) Vitchenian, an Ottoman Armenian professor, decided to step down. He later worked for the general archives of the Assembly of Civil Medical School.Шаблон:Citation needed

Translations

Having known French very well, Agop Handanyan completed the important task of translating works of French medical books into Ottoman Turkish.Шаблон:Citation needed He first translated books of Joseph Briand and Ernest Chaudé from the French into English in 1875.[3] His then wrote the Tıbb-ı Kanunî in 1877, which was a translation from the French. This was followed by a toxicology study called Kimya-yi Kanunî in 1885. These books are considered the first medical books in Turkish history.[4]

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