Otton Steinborn

He studied in Würzburg, Berlin, Rostock and Leipzig, where he defended his doctoral thesis.

Though born in a family of German, Steinborn was a Pole by choice, a Polish patriot and social activist.

Parallel to his medical practice, he worked in the Toruń Scientific Society (TNT), serving in the interwar period, reaching Vice President.

Otto Steinborn gave a speech on January 18, 1920, to welcome Polish troops under the command of Col. Stanislaw Skrzyński, as they entered Toruń.

In December 1920, Steinborn participated in the creation of the Confraternity of Artists, as one of its 12 co-founders.