Paul Brombacher
Paul Jacob Brombacher (10 October 1930 – 2 July 2020) was a Dutch clinical chemist, professor at Maastricht University and the head clinical chemist at De Wever Hospital in Heerlen.
Personal life
Paul Brombacher was born on 10 October 1930 in Rotterdam, Netherlands and he died on 2 July 2020 in Heerlen, Netherlands.[1] His wife, Prijna Everdina Brombacher-Binnendijk was born in Noordwijk, Netherlands on 23 October 1931 and she died on 6 April 2021 in Heerlen, Netherlands.[2] His sister, Jannie Brombacher was a major in the Royal Netherlands Army.[3]
Paul spoke fluent Dutch, German, English, Italian, French and intermediate Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic.[4]
Academic career
In 1955, Brombacher completed a Master's degree in
On 9 May 1975, he received a Doctor of Medicine from the Free University of Amsterdam. His research on adrenal cortex hormones took place entirely in De Wever Hospital. Despite not being funded, he continued his research during his private time due to the lack of a research budget.[5]
In December 1994 he retired from De Wever Hospital after working there for thirty years, and later in 1995 he retired from professorship at the Rijksuniversiteit Limburg (now Maastricht University).[4]
Publications
Brombacher was the Dutch national editor of the
- Clinica Chimica Acta[8][9][10]
- Annals of Clinical Biochemistry[11]
- Clinical Chemistry[12]
- The Lancet[13]
- Drug Research[14]
Awards
- 1991 he received the Gorter en De Graaff-prijs (Gorter and De Graaf Prize) for his clinical chemistry work.[15]
In 1994 he became an officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.[16]
References
- ^ "Overlijdensbericht Prof. dr. Paul Jacob Brombacher" [Obituary of Prof. Dr. Paul Jacob Brombacher]. De Limburger (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Overlijdensbericht Prijna Everdina Brombacher-Binnendijk" [Obituary of Prijna Everdina Brombacher-Binnendijk]. De Limburger (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Jannie Herma Brombacher" (PDF). Nationaal Archief. 4 July 1988. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ Limburgs Dagblad(in Dutch).
- ^ Limburgs Dagblad(in Dutch). 10 May 1975.
- ^ "Aan St Jozefziekenhuis, Dhr. Brombacher opvolger van dr. Hollman" [To St Joseph's Hospital, Mr. Brombacher succeeds Dr. Hollman] (PDF). De Nieuwe Limburger (in Dutch). 14 December 1963.
- ISSN 1437-4331.
- PMID 856495.
- PMID 1122640.
- PMID 4550435.
- PMID 3069046.
- PMID 5721970.
- S2CID 6899162.
- PMID 303107.
- ^ "Prijzen" [Prizes]. Nederlandse Vereniging voor Klinische Chemie en Laboratoriumgeneeskunde (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Brombacher Officier in Orde van Oranje Nassau" [Officer Brombacher in the Order of Orange Nassau] (PDF). De Limburger (in Dutch). 19 December 1994.
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