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Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches
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Ernst Rüdin
1874-04-19 – 1952-10-22
Life & Legacy
Ernst Rüdin (19 April 1874 – 22 October 1952) was a Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, eugenicist and Nazi, rising to prominence under Emil Kraepelin and assuming the directorship at the German Institute for Psychiatric Research in Munich. While he has been credited as a pioneer of psychiatric inheritance studies, he also argued for, designed, justified and funded the mass sterilization and clinical killing of adults and children.
Occupation & Career
military physician, judge, psychiatrist, university teacher, geneticist, psychologist, physician
Education
University of Geneva
Faith & Community
reformed
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches; Goethe Medal for Art and Science
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches · Goethe Medal for Art and Science
Church
reformed
Employer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · University of Basel
Organizations & Memberships
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Education & Institutions
University of Geneva
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Goethe Medal for Art and Science
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q124822 · wikidata
Faith Community
reformed
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q124822 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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