Ole Worm

Ole Worm (May 13, 1588–August 31, 1654), (pronounced "Olay Vorm") who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician and antiquary.

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Worm was the son of Willum Worm who served as the mayor of Aarhus, and was made a rich man by the inheritance from his father. Ole Worm's grandfather Johan Worm, a magistrate in Aarhus, was a Lutheran who had fled from Arnhem in Gelderland while it was under Catholic rule.

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Ole Worm was something of a perpetual student: after attending the grammar school of Aarhus, he continued his education at the University of Marburg in 1605, received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Basel in 1611, and received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1617. The rest of his academic career was spent in Copenhagen, where he taught Latin, Greek, physics, and medicine. He was personal physician to King Christian V of Denmark. Somewhat remarkable for a physician of the time, he remained in the city of Copenhagen to minister to the sick during an epidemic of the Black Death.

May 13: May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). There are 232 days remaining....

1588: 1588 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar....

August 31: August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August....

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