Carl Schiøtz

Carl Schiøtz (2 November 1877 – 20 September 1938) was a Norwegian physician and professor of hygiene and bacteriology at the University of Oslo.

His parents were Jonas Schanche Kielland Schiøtz (1841–1901) and his wife Hanna Minda Constance Øvergaard.

He moved to Kristiania (now Oslo) to work at the Rikshospitalet as a reserve doctor, university fellow and health inspector.

[2] Schiøtz conducted a number of comprehensive and significant studies on the schoolchildren's health and did much[3] for the development of school hygiene.

He was a professor of hygiene and bacteriology at the University of Oslo from 1931, a position he had until his death in 1938.