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Pauls Stradi was a Latvian professor, physician, and surgeon. Founder of the Museum of the History of Medicine in Riga.

Pauls Stradi was born at Eengrve hamlet as a son of a craftsman joiner, carpenter and pub owner. His parents, despite being of modest means, were able to pay for his education. P. Stradi graduated from the Riga Alexander Gymnasium and entered the Imperial Medical and Surgical Academy in Petrograd where he received an excellent medical education under the best Russian medical authorities .

Source: Wikipedia