Max Marcuse (April 14, 1877,
Berlin
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June 24, 1963,
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
) was a German
dermatologist
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and
sexologist
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Sexologists ap ...
.
He became an editor for
Magnus Hirschfeld
Magnus Hirschfeld (14 May 1868 – 14 May 1935) was a German physician and sexologist.
Hirschfeld was educated in philosophy, philology and medicine. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitaria ...
’s ''
Journal of Sexology'' in 1919 and continued editing the journal until 1932. Marcuse immigrated to
Palestine
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in 1933, following the
Nazi
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rise to power. Several of Marcuse's unpublished writings are being preserved at the
Kinsey Institute
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.
References
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Max Marcuse biography(
Humboldt University of Berlin
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)
1877 births
1963 deaths
German dermatologists
German sexologists
Jewish dermatologists
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine
Physicians from Berlin
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