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Kagan, Helena, 1889-1978


  • [Helena Kagan (September 25, 1889, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - September 25?, 1978, Jerusalem) was a physician, an Israeli pioneer in pediatrics, active in Jerusalem. She was responsible for the expansion of health care in Israel. Working under the auspices of the Hadassah organization, she gave treatment to generations of local children regardless of their parents' religious affiliation; she instructed both Jewish and Arabic nurses. In her later years, Kagan worked as adviser to the Ministry of Health while keeping the pediatric consulting work at home.] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Kagan.
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    • Kagan, Helenah, 1889-1978
    • Kagan, Helenah, 1888-1978
    • כגן, הלנה, 1889-1978
  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1889-09-25
    • Death Date

        1978-09-25?
    • Birth Place

        Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
    • Field of Activity

      Pediatricians

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  • Sources

    • found: Ṭiyulim be-ʻiḳvot nashim, 2015:title page (Helena Kagan = הלנה כגן)
    • found: Wikimedia data, found via Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Kagan, February 5, 2016(instance of: human; place of birth: Tashkent; award received: Israel Prize; date of death: +1978-09-25T00:00:00Z; sex or gender: female; given name: Helena; VIAF identifier: 308277690; date of birth: +1889-09-25T00:00:00Z; labels: Helena Kagan; he: הלנה כגן; descriptions: Israeli physician) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12406671
    • found: Reshit darki bi-Yerushalayim, 198-:title page (Dr. Helenah Kagan) p. 5, etc. (b. 1888 Taşkent, emigrated to Palestine 1914, d. 1978, Jerusalem; pediatrician)
  • General Notes

    • [Helena Kagan (September 25, 1889, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - September 25?, 1978, Jerusalem) was a physician, an Israeli pioneer in pediatrics, active in Jerusalem. She was responsible for the expansion of health care in Israel. Working under the auspices of the Hadassah organization, she gave treatment to generations of local children regardless of their parents' religious affiliation; she instructed both Jewish and Arabic nurses. In her later years, Kagan worked as adviser to the Ministry of Health while keeping the pediatric consulting work at home.] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Kagan.
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    • 2016-03-15: new
    • 2016-08-16: revised
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