1. Danielius Alseika was a Lithuanian physician and activist.
31 Facts About Danielius Alseika
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Danielius Alseika was the father of the archaeologist Marija Gimbutas.
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Danielius Alseika participated in the smuggling of the banned Lithuanian publications, organized protests during the Russian Revolution of 1905, and was one of the co-founders of the Peasant Union.
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Danielius Alseika graduated as doctor from the University of Dorpat.
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Danielius Alseika founded the Lithuanian Sanitary Aid Society which cheaply purchased inventory of a military hospital and transported it to Vilnius where a new Lithuanian hospital was established in 1918.
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Danielius Alseika was director of the hospital until 1933 and chairman of the society until his death.
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In 1931, Danielius Alseika acquired an x-ray machine which did not have proper shielding.
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Danielius Alseika died of the chronic radiation syndrome in 1936.
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Danielius Alseika lived and worked in Vilnius which was bitterly contested between the interwar Lithuania and the Second Polish Republic.
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Danielius Alseika founded and edited Lithuanian periodicals Vilniaus sviesa and Vilniaus zodis.
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Danielius Alseika was born in Bruzai near Skuodas in present-day northern Lithuania.
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Danielius Alseika was the youngest of five brothers; one of them was Catholic priest Albinas Alseika.
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Danielius Alseika became involved in the smuggling of the banned Lithuanian publications.
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Danielius Alseika contributed articles to Lithuanian periodicals Ukininkas and Varpas.
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Danielius Alseika participated at the Great Seimas of Vilnius and was one of the co-founders of the Peasant Union.
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Danielius Alseika then went on to study medicine at the University of Dorpat.
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Danielius Alseika contributed articles to Lithuanian periodicals, including Lietuvos ukininkas, Vilniaus zinios, Lietuvos zinios.
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Danielius Alseika graduated with a specialty in otorhinolaryngology and moved to work in Ukmerge.
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In 1913, Danielius Alseika moved to Vienna to attend further medical courses.
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Danielius Alseika worked as a doctor in Daugavpils, Petrograd, and other locations.
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Danielius Alseika found himself in charge of a war hospital in Minsk when Germans occupied the city in early 1918.
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Danielius Alseika was the director of the hospital until 1933 and chairman of the society until he died in 1936.
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Danielius Alseika published two booklets on medical inventions and prevention of tuberculosis.
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In 1931, Danielius Alseika became interested in x-ray and acquired a machine from the United States.
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Danielius Alseika was admitted to the Hospital of the Lithuanian Sanitary Aid Society on 1 May 1936 and died on 9 May The viewing was held at the same hospital and the church service at the Church of Saint Nicholas.
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Danielius Alseika sought to ally with other ethnic minorities in Poland.
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Danielius Alseika resigned after a conflict over the Lithuanian participation in the 1928 Polish legislative election: Lithuanians wanted to boycott the election while Alseika advocated participation.
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Danielius Alseika was an active member of the Lithuanian Scientific Society and briefly was its acting chairman after the death of Jonas Basanavicius in February 1927.
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In 1928, Danielius Alseika founded, published, and edited the Lithuanian magazine Vilniaus sviesa.
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Danielius Alseika published books about Lithuanian national aspirations and conditions of Lithuanians in Vilnius Region as well as two historical books on Grand Duke Vytautas.
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In 1910, Danielius Alseika married fellow physician Veronika Janulaityte who specialized in ophthalmology.