Ludwik Hirszfeld

Polish physician, immunologist and microbiologist (1884–1954)

Person human Q43466

Facts

25 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[22]
Date of birth: August 5, 1884
Date of death: March 7, 1954
Place of birth: Warsaw
Place of death: Wrocław
Country of citizenship: Poland^[12]
Occupation: immunologist, university teacher, physician, microbiologist, bacteriologist
Employer: University of Wrocław, University of Warsaw^[16]^[17]
Field of work: immunology, hematology, microbiology^[13]^[14]^[15]
Educated at: University of Würzburg^[18]
Award received: Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta^[19]
Spouse: Hanna Hirszfeldowa^[11]
Nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine^[30]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Polish^[31]
Described by source: Polish Biographical Dictionary^[29]
Different from: Ludwik Maurycy Hirszfeld^[33]
Family name: Hirszfeld^[23]
Given name: Ludwik^[24]
Member of: Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Scientific Society^[20]^[21]
Name in native language: Ludwik Hirszfeld^[32]
P14536: 388515
P14974: 6659
Place of burial: Saint Lawrence Cemetery, Wrocław^[10]

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Relative: Aleksander Rajchman, Ludwik Rajchman, Helena Radlińska, Stefan Herman^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]

🏷️ Also known as

en Ludwik Hirszfeld cs Ludwig Hirsfeld cs Ludwig Hirszfeld cs Ludvik Hiršfeld cs Ludwig Moritz Hirschfeld de Ludwig Hirschfeld el Λούντβικ Χίρσφελντ he לודוויג הירשפלד ja ルドヴィック・ヒルシュフェルト ko 루드비크 히르슈펠트 ru Людвик Гиршфельд uk Людвік Гіршфельд zh 路德维克·希尔斯菲尔德 zh-hant 希爾斯菲爾德

🔖 Identifiers · 47

ISNI: 0000000071390377
VIAF cluster ID: 39421275
Library of Congress authority ID: n84806315
GND ID: 118551574
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Ludwik Hirszfeld1.jpg ↗
Alvin ID: alvin-person:23324
BIBSYS ID: 90101174
BIU Santé person ID: 8047
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 121841475
CONOR.SR ID: 56262921
DDB person (GND) ID: 118551574
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118551574

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Dimensions author ID: 010356334424.04
FAST ID: 139004
FactGrid item ID: Hiro Muramoto
Freebase ID: /m/07zbpt
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000081501202106
IdRef ID: 030425247
Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID: ludwik-hirszfeld-lekarz-mikrobiolog-wiesz, ludwik-hirszfeld-1884-1954-profesor-mikrobiologii
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 118551574
Medvik ID: nlk20000089134
NL CR AUT ID: nlk20000089134
NLP ID: a0000001179290
NUKAT ID: n97040083
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000466625
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007271921805171
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:/Rd;=BX
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810648286705606
National Library of Portugal ID: 808826
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1311008
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 074396145
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID: 4216
Obálky knih ID: nlk20000089134
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3911948
Open Library ID: OL1921006A
Polish Academy of Sciences ID: HIRSZFELD, Ludwik
Polski Słownik Judaistyczny ID: Hirszfeld_Ludwik
RERO ID (legacy): A016797317
SNAC ARK ID: w62s6rn8
Sejm-Wielki.pl profile ID: psb.8702.1
Treccani ID: ludwik-hirszfeld
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV10243072
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/172478
Wellcome Collection concept ID: eac82xvu
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJjCPqj8qVf7TJfDhRvyh3
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ID: Hirszfeld_Ludwik
Yale LUX ID: person/1d54582b-9905-42cc-a566-9de967dd2e5f

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Occupation 6

physician, biologist, microbiologist, university teacher, bacteriologist, immunologist

Field of work 3

microbiology, immunology, hematology

Relative 3

Ludwik Rajchman, Aleksander Rajchman, Helena Radlińska

Employer 2

University of Warsaw, University of Wrocław

Member of 2

Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Scientific Society

Country of citizenship 1

Poland

Described by source 1

Polish Biographical Dictionary

Educated at 1

University of Würzburg

FactGrid item ID 1

Hiro Muramoto

Given name 1

Ludwik

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Polish

Nominated for 1

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Place of birth 1

Warsaw

Place of death 1

Wrocław

Sex or gender 1

male

← Relative 1

Aleksander Rajchman

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Summary

Ludwik Hirszfeld was born on August 5, 1884^[1], in Warsaw^[2]. He died on March 7, 1954^[3], in Wrocław^[4]. He worked as an immunologist^[5], university teacher^[6], physician^[7], microbiologist^[8], and bacteriologist^[9].

FAQs

Where was Ludwik Hirszfeld born?

Ludwik Hirszfeld's place of birth was Warsaw^[2].

Where did Ludwik Hirszfeld die?

Ludwik Hirszfeld died in Wrocław^[4].

Who was Ludwik Hirszfeld married to?

Ludwik Hirszfeld's spouses include Hanna Hirszfeldowa^[11].

What did Ludwik Hirszfeld do for work?

Ludwik Hirszfeld worked as an immunologist^[5], university teacher^[6], physician^[7], microbiologist^[8], and bacteriologist^[9].

Where did Ludwik Hirszfeld go to school?

Ludwik Hirszfeld was educated at University of Würzburg^[18].

What awards did Ludwik Hirszfeld receive?

Honors received include Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta^[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — place of birth (P19): Warsaw. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-10. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — place of death (P20): Wrocław. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-30. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-04. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — spouse (P26): Hanna Hirszfeldowa. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-05. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — country of citizenship (P27): Poland. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — educated at (P69): University of Würzburg. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — field of work (P101): immunology. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — field of work (P101): hematology. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — field of work (P101): microbiology. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — occupation (P106): immunologist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — occupation (P106): physician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — occupation (P106): microbiologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2019-06-24. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — occupation (P106): bacteriologist. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-15. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — employer (P108): University of Wrocław. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — employer (P108): University of Warsaw. Retrieved 2019-07-03. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — place of burial (P119): Saint Lawrence Cemetery, Wrocław. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — award received (P166): Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Retrieved 2022-01-08. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — member of (P463): Polish Academy of Sciences. czlonkowie.pan.pl. Retrieved 2019-03-26. czlonkowie.pan.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — member of (P463): Warsaw Scientific Society. Retrieved 2021-05-13. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — date of birth (P569): August 5, 1884. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — date of death (P570): March 7, 1954. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — family name (P734): Hirszfeld. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — given name (P735): Ludwik. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — relative (P1038): Aleksander Rajchman. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — relative (P1038): Ludwik Rajchman. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — relative (P1038): Helena Radlińska. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — relative (P1038): Stefan Herman. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — described by source (P1343): Polish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — nominated for (P1411): Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. nobelprize.org. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Polish. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — name in native language (P1559): Ludwik Hirszfeld. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Ludwik Hirszfeld — different from (P1889): Ludwik Maurycy Hirszfeld. wikidata.org.

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