Amalia Assur [SEP] country of citizenship
Amalia Assur
Amalia Assur (June 8, 1803 – 1889) was the first female dentist in Sweden.
Amalia Assur was born in Stockholm as the daughter of the Jewish dentist Joel Assur (1753-1837), the Dentist of the Royal Family, who has been referred to as one of the very first educated dentists in Sweden, and Esther Moses Heilbuth. Her brother James Assur also became a dentist. Amalia Assur never married, and remained a "mamsell". She was educated in dentistry by her father
) and Västergötland (1883–1893). She married the sea captain and missionary Torell and emigrated to Alexandria in Egypt.
See also.
- Lucy Hobbs Taylor
References.
- Österberg, Carin et al., "Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare" (Swedish women: predecessors, successors) Lund: Signum 1990. () (Swedish)
- Kjellander Barbro: "På Amalia Assurs tid. Några anteckningar om och kring den första svenska kvinnliga tandläkaren" (The days of Amalia Assur. Some notes