Albert Niemann (23 February 1880, in
Berlin – 22 March 1921, in Berlin) was a German physician. He was the son of
Albert Niemann, a well known tenor with the same name.
1903 he obtained his medical doctorate from the
University of Strasbourg. He later trained in
pediatrics
Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until th ...
as an assistant at the ''Säuglingsheim'' (infant home), run by the ''Verein Säuglingskrankenhaus'' in Berlin. In 1918 he was named director of the ''Säuglingsheim'' at
Berlin-Halensee. His primary area of research dealt with
metabolism in infancy.
[
Niemann–Pick disease is named for him and Ludwig Pick.][ He was the author of ''Kompendium der Kinderheilkunde mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Säuglingskrankheiten'' (Compendium of pediatrics with special reference to infant diseases; 1920).WorldCat Title]
Kompendium der Kinderheilkunde, etc.
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1880 births
1921 deaths
German pediatricians
Physicians from Berlin
University of Strasbourg faculty
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