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Ludwig Guttmann
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German-British neurologist who created the Paralympic Games (1899-1980)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Allgemeine Neurologie VII/2
- The polyphase induction motor
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,382x
- Phylogenetic identification and in situ detection of individual microbial cells without cultivation
· 1995 · cited 19,744x
- Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria
· 2011 · cited 7,700x
- Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria
· 2018 · cited 7,326x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,794x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1899-07-03 ) 3 July 1899, Tost, Prussia , German Empire ( now Toszek , Poland )
- Died
- 18 March 1980 (1980-03-18) (aged 80), Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire , United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Known for
- Founding the Paralympic Games
- Profession
- Neurologist
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Ludwig Guttmann CBE FRS (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games. A Jewish doctor who fled Nazi Germany just before the start of the Second World War, Guttmann was a founding father of organized physical activities for people with disabilities.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ludwig Guttmann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.