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April 21, 1854: Adolf Lorenz was born in Weidenau, Austrian-Silesia,
son of Johann Lorenz, harness-maker and inn-keeper, and his wife Agnes,
maiden name Ehrlich.
1860-65: Attendance of primary school.
1866: Adolf moves to his mother's brother in Graz, starting an apprenticeship
in a grocery. Discontinuance of apprenticeship and decision to attend the
grammar school in St. Paul im Lavanttal.
August 5, 1874: Graduation from the upper secondary school in
Klagenfurt (Carinthia) under very difficult living conditions, followed by
the start of his medical studies at the University of Vienna.
February 13, 1880: Graduate of Doctor der gesamten Heilkunde.
Assistant at the Rudolph Hospital under Prof. Weinlechner, from October 1
surgeon at the 1st Department of Surgery under Prof. Johann von
Dumreicher.
1882: from October 1 instructor at the 1st Department of
Surgery under Prof. Eduard Albert.
1883: Lorenz publishes his Thesis on the acquired flat-foot.
1884: Application for habilitation; opinionsi delivered by
Prof. E. Albert and Prof. Th. Billroth.
May 19: Award of the 1, 400 guilder Haber-Linsberg travel award. Stay in
Munich.
June 28: Trial lecture on Recent advances in surgical orthopaedics.
August 24: Confirmation of habilitation (private docent for surgery)
at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Medicine.
On October 17, Lorenz requests the Office of the Dean of the Medical Faculty
for permission to give lectures with a duration of 5 to 6 weeks on orthopaedic
surgery at the department of Prof. E. Albert.
October 5: Marriage to Emma Lecher (1862-1936).
September 2, 1885: Birth of son Albert.
1889: Proposition by the professors Billroth and Albert to appoint
Doz. Lorenz professor extra-ordinarius of surgery with special lectureship.
December 27: Appointment as professor extra-ordinarius at the University of
Vienna.
1896: With decision dated October 16, the emperor, Franz-Joseph I.,
grants Prof. Adolf Lorenz taxfrei the title of Counsellor of the
Government.
1901: Co-founder of the German Society of Orthopaedic Surgery.
1902/03: Treatment of a private patient in Chicago, afterwards
demonstration surgeries in Denver, Boston, San Francisco, Salt Lake City,
Baltimore, Rochester (N.Y.); reception by President Th. Roosevelt at the
White House.
November 7, 1903: Birth of the second son, Konrad.
December 17, 1912: Prof. Lorenz supports the initiative to raise
orthopaedics to an independent field of habilitation.
June 17, 1916: Prof. Eiselsberg proposes Lorenz for the honour of the title
and character of an ordinary professor.
January 7, 1920: With decision of the president of the National Assembly
dated December 1919, Lorenz is awarded the title and character of a
professor ordinarius.
July 13, 1921: Federal president Hainisch awards Regierungsrat Prof.
Lorenz the title and character of a Hofrat.
1924: Prof. Lorenz retires waiving the conventional honorary year.
1924-1937: Father and son hold regular winter consultations in New
York.
1935: His native town, Weidenau, honours Lorenz with a commemorative
plaque at his parents' house.
1944: Award of the Goethe medal for Art and Science and of the
Billroth Prize on the occasion of his 90th birthday. An oil
portrait of Prof. Lorenz is added to the Honorary Gallery of the City of
Vienna.
February 12, 1946: Prof. Lorenz dies at the age of 92 in his
retirement residence in Altenberg and is buried in an honorary grave at the
cemetery of St. Andrä-Wördern.
1950: A plaque at the convent of St. Paul im Lavanttal commemorating
Adolf Lorenz is unveiled by his son Albert.
1959: A street in the 13th district of Vienna (Hietzing) is named
after the father of modern orthopaedics.
May 6, 1992: Foundation of the Adolf-Lorenz-Society.
December 17, 1993: A commemorative plaque is unveiled at his Viennese
address Rathausstrasse 21, A-1010 Vienna.
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