Professor Alfred Stengel (1868–1939) was an American

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, born in

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. He was President of the

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and Clinical Professor of Medicine at

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.Alfred Stengel
Penn Biographies, University of Pennsylvania, accessed 18 January 2009 Stengel was born in Pittsburgh, the son of Gottfried Stengel, in 1868. In 1889, whilst studying, he and a group of students commissioned

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to paint ''

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''. Stengel can be found in the center of the portrait.Medical Class of 1889 and Thomas Eakins' painting of "The Agnew Clinic"
. University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stengel, Alfred 1868 births 1939 deaths Physicians from Philadelphia American surgeons University of Pennsylvania faculty Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni