David Riesman
Physician, Author
1867 – 1940
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Who was David Riesman?
David Riesman was a German-born American physician remembered for describing Riesman's sign. He graduated M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1892. He wrote a number of books on pathology and the history of medicine. He founded a history of medicine course at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was professor of clinical medicine from 1912 to 1933. After 1933 he became professor of the history of medicine until his death.
His son was the American sociologist David Riesman.
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- Born
- 1867
Saxe-Weimar - Also known as
- Dr. David Riesman
- Children
- Profession
- Died
- 1940
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on July 23, 2013
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