Karl Harnoncourt was born on 12 August 1934 and is an Austrian physician and academic teacher.
11 Facts About Karl Harnoncourt
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Karl Harnoncourt studied medicine at the University of Graz and was promoted to Ph.
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Karl Harnoncourt specialised as an internist at the Landeskrankenhaus in Graz, and was habilitated in 1973.
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Karl Harnoncourt headed a department of the LKH from 1977 to 1999.
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Karl Harnoncourt served from 1993 as president of the Landessanitatsrats Steiermark, and from 1995 as director of the Steiermarkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft.
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Karl Harnoncourt was influential in the manufacturing of instruments for arterial blood gas test which were made in the 1960s by AVL based on his research.
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Karl Harnoncourt introduced ultrasonic examinations as the basis for spirometry, and initiated the building of a university clinic for psychosomatic and psychotherapy in Bad Aussee.
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From 2003 to 2012, Karl Harnoncourt was Obmann of the Hospizverein Steiermark.
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Karl Harnoncourt is married; the couple has two sons and three daughters.
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Karl Harnoncourt is a brother of the conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the theologian Philipp Harnoncourt and the business ececutive Franz Harnoncourt.
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Karl Harnoncourt's daughter was married to American gallery owner Richard L Feigen.