Nils Abraham af Ursin

Nils Abraham af Ursin (17 August 1785 – 27 November 1851) was a Finnish physician, anatomist, and rector of the Åbo Akademi University.

Nils Abraham was born in Ithis parish of Kymmenegårds now Nvlands County.

The family name came from their origins in the 17th century in Karhula farm with karhu meaning bear which in Latin is ursus.

He took the philosophy candidat exam in 1809 and under professor Johan Gadolin he completed his doctorate and Artim Liberalium Magister in 1810.

He then went to study medicine and took the licenciate exam in 1812 and in 1813 he defended under Joseph Pipping (later Pippingskold) a dissertation titled De morbis viarum lacrymalium cognoscendis et curandis.