George Otto Emil Lignac (30 August 1891 – 5 September 1954) was a Dutch pathologist-anatomist. Lignac was born in Passoeroean, Java, Dutch East Indies, where his father worked as a civil servant. He studied medicine at

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and then returned to the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

and was a teacher at the

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(''School tot Opleiding van Indische Artsen'' or "school for the training of Indian physicians") in

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. He returned to the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

and was appointed professor of

pathology Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...

, general diseases, pathological anatomy, and juridical medicine in Leiden in 1934. He published work on skin pigmentation,

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metabolism and the carcinogenic nature of

benzol Benzol may refer to: * Benzole, a coal-tar product consisting mainly of benzene and toluene * Benzene, a chemical compound with the formula C6H6 * Benzol peroxide, benzoyl peroxide * Benzoyl group, a functional group with the formula C6H5CO * Benz ...

and many more. The

Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome (AKL syndrome), also called nephropathic cystinosis, is an autosomal recessive renal disorder of childhood comprising cystinosis and renal rickets. Presentation Affected children are developmentally dela ...

is named for

Emil Abderhalden Emil Abderhalden (9 March 1877 – 5 August 1950) was a Swiss biochemist and physiologist. His main findings, though disputed already in the 1910s, were not finally rejected until the late 1990s. Whether his misleading findings were based on f ...

Eduard Kaufmann Eduard Kaufmann (24 March 1860, Bonn – 15 December 1931, Göttingen) was a German physician. The disease Abderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome is named for him. Career Kaufmann studied in Bonn and Berlin, and earned his doctorate from t ...

and George Lignac. Renal Fanconi syndrome has sometimes been called Lignac–Fanconi syndrome, as Lignac contributed to the study of it. Lignac died in a plane crash in the river Shannon (Ireland) in 1954.

References

* B.G. Firkin & J.A.Whitworth (1987). ''Dictionary of Medical Eponyms''. Parthenon Publishing.
Who Named It?
1891 births 1954 deaths Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies {{Netherlands-med-bio-stub