Christian Jacob Theophilus de Meza
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Born26 November 1756
Died6 April 1844 (aged 87)
Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark
ChildrenChristian de Meza
Christian Jacob Theophilus de Meza | |
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| Born | 26 November 1756 |
| Died | 6 April 1844 (aged 87) Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark |
| Children | Christian de Meza |
Christian Jacob Theophilus de Meza (November 26, 1756 – April 6, 1844) was a Danish medical doctor and author.
De Meza was born into a Jewish family Copenhagen in 1756. He was the son of the physician Christian de Meza and Reina de Meza. He and his father converted to Christianity in 1783. In the same year he graduated as M.D. from the University of Copenhagen, and became a member of the Royal Medical Society.
Career
From 1784 until his death he practised medicine in Elsinore.
Meza published essays in medical journals. He also wrote a drama, Dormon og Vilhelmine that was produced at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, in 1796.