Louis Borchardt was a German-born physician and paediatrician, who became prominent in Manchester.
18 Facts About Louis Borchardt
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Louis Borchardt was an active supporter of suffrage and an advocate for women's equal standing in the medical profession.
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The year after his arrival, Louis Borchardt began to work with the Children's Dispensary, which became the Children's Hospital at Pendlebury, a much admired institution.
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Louis Borchardt was Honorary Physician of the hospital and dispensary for a quarter of a century.
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The 'Louis Borchardt Ward' was named for him, and a marble bust of Louis Borchardt was placed in the hospital.
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Louis Borchardt was a member of the British Medical Association's Council, and became President of its Lancashire and Cheshire Branch.
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Louis Borchardt was President of the Manchester Medical Society, and on the Executive Committee of the Manchester Nurse-Training Institution from its foundation in 1866.
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Louis Borchardt was an active supporter of women's suffrage, and it was at his home on 11 January 1867 that the Manchester National Society for Women's Suffrage was formed.
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Louis Borchardt was Vice President of the Union and Emancipation Society, which called for restoration of the American Union and the end of slavery in the US.
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Louis Borchardt was an active and energetic friend of the organisation of provident medical dispensaries.
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Louis Borchardt never feared to face unpopularity, and did not hesitate publicly to advocate opinions which he believed to be just and liberal, in the face of hostile majorities.
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Louis Borchardt was active in Liberal politics: President of the Withington branch of the South East Lancashire Liberal Association, and chairman of the St Ann's branch of the Manchester Liberal Association.
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Louis Borchardt became, in 1860, the first chairman of the Manchester Schiller Anstalt, an Anglo-German gentleman's club whose members included Friedrich Engels.
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Louis Borchardt was acquainted with both Engels and Karl Marx, and is mentioned in their correspondence.
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Louis Borchardt played a significant role in moving the in-patient accommodation of what was then the General Hospital and Dispensary for Sick Children to a healthier rural site at Pendlebury.
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Louis Borchardt died at his home in Fallowfield, Manchester on 15 November 1883.
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Louis Borchardt was buried five days later in the noncomformist section of Southern Cemetery, Manchester.
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Dr Louis Borchardt won the palm which he coveted; he lived honoured and respected, and in his death he leaves a name which his friends and family will long cherish.