Anders Gustaf Wide (1854-1938)

Anders Gustaf Wide (1854-1938) was a professor and physician.

Biography
He was born on September 17, 1854. He was a student at Uppsala University and graduated in 1874. He went to medical school in 1880 and received his medical license in 1884. From 1887 to 1888 he served as a teacher of medical gymnastics. In 1888 he was appointed director of the Gymnastical Orthopedic Institute in Sweden. In 1890 he became a professor of medical gymnastics and orthopedics at the Karolinska Institute. from 1886 to 1890 he served as a physician in Söderköping and since 1891 in Lysekil. He died in 1938.