Jacob Christian Bendz

Jacob Christian Bendz (20 March 1802 – 12 September 1858) was a Danish medical doctor, military surgeon[1] and titular professor.

He was a brother of the painter Wilhelm Bendz and a son-in-law of the wealthy wine merchant Christian Waagepetersen.

The title Chief Physician had replaced that of Regiment Surgeon in connection with the merger of the University of Copenhagen's Department of Medicine with the Royal Academy of Surgery.

[3] Bendz is recorded as the first author of a definitive book on Danish Tarok, an intricate card game related to German Grosstarock that is still played in Denmark today.

[4] Bendz married Christine Sophie Waage Petersen (8 September 1810 – 10 February 1873) on 17 June 1830 in the Garrison Church in Copenhagen.

A seated Jacob Christian Bendz and his brother Carl Ludvig Bendz painted by their brother Wilhelm Bendz in an apartment in Amaliegade in Copenhagen