Louis Wolff
German lithographer
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| Intro | German lithographer | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Lithographer | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 20 April 1802, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Government Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
| Death | 3 March 1868Heilbronn, Stuttgart Government Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (aged 65 years) | |
| Star sign | Taurus |
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Louis Wolff (born 1898, Boston, Massachusetts — died 28 June 1972) was an American cardiologist, best known for describing Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
Louis Wolff married Alice Muscanto, a flute player born in Vilnius who played with her sisters and brothers in a touring musical ensemble. Louis was a concert-quality violinist who enjoyed accompanying his wife and her siblings in their apartment in Brookline, Massachusetts. Louis and Alice had two children, Lea (b. July 1, 1921; d. December 1, 2007), a French teacher for many years in Boston public schools, and Richard (born August 20, 1923; d. February 14, 2009), also a cardiologist. Louis remarried after Alice's death, to Phyllis Raftell-Wolff, and together they had two more children, Sarah (b. 1954), an elementary school teacher, and Charles (b. 1959), a physician.
Associated eponyms
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome