Gustav Alexander

Austrian surgeon
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAustrian surgeon
PlacesAustria
wasSurgeon Physician Otolaryngologist
Work fieldHealthcare
Gender
Male
Birth1873, Vienna, Austria
Death12 April 1932Vienna, Austria (aged 59 years)
Family
Children:Leo Alexander
The details

Biography

Gustav Alexander (1873 – 12 April 1932) was an Austrian otolaryngologist remembered for describing Alexander's law. He was the director of the Department of Otology of the Wiener Allgemeine Poliklinik from 1917 until his death. He was the father of Leo Alexander.

He was assassinated on the street between his home and the Poliklinik by Johann Sokoup, a Czechoslovakian former patient who had tried to assassinate him 22 years earlier.

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