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Marian Ivanovych Panchyshyn (Ukrainian: Мар'ян Іванович Панчишин; 6 September 1882 – 9 October 1943) was a Ukrainian medical doctor and public figure.
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Marian Ivanovych Panchyshyn (Ukrainian: Мар'ян Іванович Панчишин; 6 September 1882 – 9 October 1943) was a Ukrainian medical doctor and public figure.
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Biography The son of a coachman, Panchyshyn was born in 1882 in Lviv, then part of Austria-Hungary. Although his family did not have the financial means to allow him to pursue a higher education, he was able to study medicine at the University of Lviv thanks to grants from private foundations. After completing his studies, Panchyshyn was employed as an assistant at the university's anatomy department, and then worked as an assistant at a clinic of internal diseases from 1912. During World War I, he was mobilized as a manager of anti-epidemic hospitals. Despite coming from a "Polonized" family, Panchyshyn joined the Ukrainian side during the Polish–Ukrainian War of 1918–1919, and established the medical service of the Ukrainian army. In 1919, he opened a private clinic in Lviv; among his patients were Andrey Sheptytsky, the Archbishop of Lviv at the time. He also joined the Shevchenko Scientific Society, and served as rector of the Ukrainian Secret University in 1924–1925. He was also a supporter of the Narodna Lichnytsia hospital established for the poor. After the annexation of Galicia by the Soviet Union in 1939, Panchyshyn was one of few Ukrainian intellectuals protected by the Soviet authorities. He was elected to…