And underwent extensive restoration between 1995 and 1999
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Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe was a Swedish-born physician and psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of San Michele, an autobiographical account of his life and work. He spoke several languages, grew up in Sweden, attended medical school there, then studied medicine in Paris and opened his first practice in France. He was married to a wealthy Englishwoman and spent most of his adult lif…
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Born 31 October 1857 · Died 11 February 1949 · Q41580
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And underwent extensive restoration between 1995 and 1999
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A foundation (Stiftelsen Hildasholm) was established to care for Hildasholm, the Munthes' Swedish home
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Died 1949-02-11.
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Although this did not mean that he was in constant attendance
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There was a third edition, containing an added preface and a slightly different selection of stories in a different order
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With all proceeds being donated to the French Red Cross
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Married Frans Siberg, a veterinarian
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Munthe married Hilda Pennington-Mellor (1876–1967)
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Munthe was appointed physician to the Swedish royal family
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Married a Swedish manufacturer named Gustaf Richter, and gave birth to a son in 1893, before dying in 1895
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Running low on money for the project, he opened a practice in Rome which catered to foreign dignitaries as well as the local population
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Moved to Capri, bought the Villa San Michele and began restoration, doing much of the work himself, but also employing local residents, including three brothers and their father
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As a book translated into English by Maude Valerie White
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Travelled to Naples to offer medical assistance in a cholera epidemic
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Munthe sailed in a small boat from Sorrento to the island of Capri
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Born 1857-10-31.
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