Bent Julius Friis-Hansen

Background

Friis-Hansen, Bent Julius was born on February 2, 1920 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of Julius Vilhelm and Ebba (Dethlefsen) Friis-H.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Copenhagen, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Copenhagen, 1956; Professor, U. Copenhagen, 1970.

Career

Research fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1948-1950; intern, resident various children's hospitals, Copenhagen, 1950-1964; consultant nutrition, World Health Organization, 1958-1959; chairman malnutrition courses, World Health Organization, East Africa and Thailand, 1964-1981; chief department neonatology Rigshospitalet, U. Copenhagen, since 1964.

Achievements

• Bent Julius Friis-Hansen has been listed as a noteworthy Neonatal physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Danish Pediatric Society and Finish and Austrian Society (honorary).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, sailing.

Connections

Married Bente Marianne Wessel, August 20, 1938. Children: Lennart Jan, Thomas Bent.

Father:

Julius Vilhelm Friis-H.

Mother:

Ebba (Dethlefsen) Friis-H.

Spouse:

Bente Marianne Wessel

child:

Thomas Bent Friis-Hansen

child:

Lennart Jan Friis-Hansen