Frederic Lewy

Frederic Henry Lewey[1] (born Friedrich Heinrich Lewy, January 28, 1885[2] – October 5, 1950) was a prominent Jewish German-born American neurologist. He is best known for the discovery of Lewy bodies, which are a characteristic indicator of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.[3]

Frederic Lewy
Dr. Lewy, c. 1920
Born
Friedrich Heinrich Lewy

January 28, 1885
Berlin, German Empire
DiedOctober 5, 1950 (aged 65)
Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States
Resting placeHaverford Friends, Haverford, Pennsylvania
OccupationNeurologist
Known forLewy bodies

Lewy was born in Berlin, Germany on January 28, 1885. He trained in Berlin and Zürich and graduated from Berlin in 1910. Lewy worked in Alois Alzheimer's Munich laboratory and was contemporary with Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885–1964), Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931) and Ugo Cerletti (1877–1963). He later fled Nazi Germany and moved to the United States. He immigrated to the US in 1933,[4] and died in Haverford, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1950, aged 65.

References
  1. He is consistently referred to as "Lewy", although he changed his names during his years in the U.S, ending up with "Lewey".
  2. Friedrich H. Lewy at Who Named It?
  3. Rodrigues e Silva AM, Geldsetzer F, Holdorff B, et al. (September 2010). "Who was the man who discovered the "Lewy bodies"?". Mov. Disord. 25 (12): 1765–73. doi:10.1002/mds.22956. PMID 20669275.
  4. Holdorff B (March 2002). "Friedrich Heinrich Lewy (1885–1950) and his work". J Hist Neurosci. 11 (1): 19–28. doi:10.1076/jhin.11.1.19.9106. PMID 12012571.
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