Leaf, Alexander, 1920-2012
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- Livshiz, Alexander, 1920-2012
- Leaf, Alexander
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1920-04-10
Death Date
- 2012-12-24
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1981
- Affiliation End: 1990
- Source: New York times WWW site, Jan. 7, 2013
- Organization: Harvard Medical School
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Massachusetts General Hospital
Birth Place
- Yokohama-shi, Japan
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Physician
Medical researcher
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Earlier Established Forms
- Leaf, Alexander
Sources
- found: Newburgh, L. H. Significance of the body fluids ... 1955
- found: NLM files, 10/19/84(hdg.: Leaf, Alexander, 1920- )
- found: International Conference on Biological Membranes (12th : 1987 : Crans, Switzerland). Biological membranes, 1988:CIP t.p. (Alexander M. Leaf; Dept. of Prev. Med. and Clin. Epidem., Mass. Gen. Hosp., Boston, Mass.)
- found: New York times WWW site, Jan. 7, 2013(in obituary published Jan. 6: Alexander Leaf; b. Alexander Livshiz, Apr. 10, 1920, Yokohama, Japan, where his Russian-born parents had separately fled during the Russian civil war after the Bolshevik Revolution; his parents changed the family name when they arrived in Seattle in 1922; d. Dec. 24 [2012], Boston, aged 92; versatile physician and research scientist who was an early advocate of diet and exercise to prevent heart disease, and who traveled the world to make important discoveries about increasing human longevity and to help scientifically establish the dangers global warming poses to the human species)
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Change Notes
- 1980-06-09: new
- 2023-09-09: revised
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