Alois Alzheimer

Alois Alzheimer
Alois Alzheimer
	Official Portrait of Alois Alzheimer
Born	14 June 1864; Marktbreit, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	19 December 1915 (aged 51); Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire; (present-day Wrocław, Poland)
Education	Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen; Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg; Friedrich Wilhelm University;
Known for	First published case of "presenile dementia" (Alzheimer's disease)
Spouse	Cecilie Simonette Nathalie Geisenheimer (m. 1894; died 1901)
Children	3
	Medical career
Profession	Psychiatrist, physician
Institutions	Institute for the Insane and Epileptic ("Irrenschloss"), Frankfurt; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Silesian Friedrich Wilhelm University in Breslau;
Sub-specialties	Neuropathology
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Alois Alzheimer (/ˈæltshaɪmər/ ALTS-hy-mər, US also /ˈɑːlts-, ˈɔːlts-/ AHLTS-, AWLTS-, German: [ˈaːlɔɪs ˈʔaltshaɪmɐ]; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease.

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