Max Holzmann
Max Holzmann | |
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Born | Zurich, Switzerland | 31 March 1899
Died | 27 January 1994 Zurich, Switzerland | (aged 94)
Nationality | Swiss |
Occupation | Cardiologist |
Awards | Marcel Benoist Prize (1955) |
Max Holzmann (31 March 1899 – 27 January 1994) was a Swiss cardiologist.
Early life[]
Max Holzmann was born on 31 March 1899 in Zurich, the son of physician Moritz Holzmann and Anna Helena Lerch. Holzmann took a degree in medicine in Zurich and Lausanne, and in 1923 graduated with a doctor of medicine degree. Holzmann worked as a doctor in Vienna, Paris and at the University Hospital in Zurich.
Holzmann taught from 1959 to 1969 as a lecturer and honorary professor at the University of Zurich. He also acted in 1948 as co-founder of the Swiss Society of Cardiology, of which he was president from 1952 to 1955.
Later life[]
He died on 27 January 1994 in Zurich, two months before his 95th birthday.
Personal life[]
In 1931, Holzmann married Elisa, daughter of Emil Rüegg, in Zurich.
Publications[]
Holzmann published over a hundred papers on radiology and electrocardiography.
- Clinical Electrocardiography (textbook), 1945–1965, 5th edition
Honours[]
- 1955, Marcel Benoist Prize awarded, for his textbook and his life's work[1]
References[]
- ^ "Past laureates – Benoist". marcel-benoist.ch. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
External links[]
- Literature by and about Max Holzmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Article with photo of Max Holzmann on the website www.marcel-benoist.ch
- 1899 births
- 1994 deaths
- Swiss cardiologists
- University of Zurich faculty
- People from Zürich