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Hans Asperger
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Austrian pediatrician, medical theorist, and medical professor (1906-1980)
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- Works
- 5
Top works
- Pädiatrische Neurochirurgie
- Ein Chor der Antworten
- Heilpädagogik
- Heilpädagogik; Einführung in die Psychopathologie des Kindes für Ärzte, Lehrer, Psychologen und Fürsorgerinnen
- Les psychopathes autistiques pendant l'enfance
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Key facts
- Born
- Johann Friedrich Karl Asperger , ( 1906-02-18 ) 18 February 1906, Vienna , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 21 October 1980 (1980-10-21) (aged 74), Vienna , Austria
- Education
- University of Vienna
- Known for
- Writing on "autistic psychopathy", Eponym of Asperger syndrome
- Profession
- Physician
- Institutions
- University Children's Hospital, Vienna
- Sub specialties
- Pediatrics
- Research
- Autism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Employer
- University of Vienna
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Field of work
- pediatrics
- Image
- Hans Asperger portrait ca 1940.png
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- date of birth
- 1906-02-18
- date of death
- 1980-10-21
- name in native language
- Hans Asperger
- birth name
- Johann Hans Friedrich Karl Asperger
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- Hans Asperger
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Encyclopedic overview
Johann Friedrich Karl Asperger (/ˈæspɜːrɡər/; German: [ˈhans ˈaspɛɐ̯ɡɐ]; 18 February 1906 – 21 October 1980) was an Austrian physician. Noted for his early studies on atypical neurology, specifically in children, he is the namesake of Asperger syndrome. He wrote more than 300 publications on psychological disorders that posthumously acquired international renown in the 1980s. His diagnosis of autism, which he termed "autistic psychopathy", garnered controversy.
Further controversy arose in the late 2010s over allegations that Asperger referred children to the Am Spiegelgrund children's clinic in Vienna during the Nazi period. The clinic was responsible for murdering hundreds of disabled children deemed to be "unworthy of life" as part of the Third Reich's child euthanasia programs (as part of the T4 Programme).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hans Asperger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.