Erik Poppe (physician)

Erik Poppe (3 April 1905 – 4 November 1997) was a Norwegian professor of medicine, specializing in oncology, radiation therapy and similar subjects.

He was born in Kristiania as a son of tramway director Trygve Poppe.

degree in 1942 with the thesis Experimental Investigations of the Effects of Roentgen Rays in the Eye.

He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1972 and was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1977.

[1] He died in November 1997 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.