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Gustav Eckstein
American scientist and writer

Gustav Eckstein

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American scientist and writer
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Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
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91 years
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Gustav Eckstein was an American medical doctor, writer, scientist, teacher and philosopher.

Biography

Eckstein was born on 26 October 1890 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Some of his books included

  • In Peace Japan Breeds War (1927)
  • Noguchi (1931) - a biography on Hideyo Noguchi - Japanese-American microbiologist
  • Lives (1932)
  • Kettle (1933)
  • Everyday Miracle (1934)
  • Hokusai (1935)
  • Canary (1936)
  • Christmas Eve (1938)
  • Friends of Mine (containing Lives and Canary) (1942)
  • The Pet Shop (1944) and
  • The Body Has a Head (1969), a best-seller.

He died in 1981.

In popular culture

The character of Prof. Metz in Kaufman and Hart's 1939 play The Man Who Came to Dinner is based on Eckstein, only with cockroaches in the place of canaries.

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