Georg Herman Monrad-Krohn | |
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| Born | March 14, 1884 |
| Died | 1 September 1964 (aged 80) Oslo, Norway |
| Education | National Hospital London, UK, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Neurological University Clinic, Oslo, University of Oslo |
| Known for | neurobiology, reflexology, language disorders |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Neurologist |
| Institutions | University of Oslo |
| Sub-specialties | Neurology |
| Research | neurology, particularly the nervous system |
| Awards | Michael Skjelderup Gold Medal; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons; Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine |
Georg Herman Monrad-Krohn (14 March 1884 – 1 September 1964), born in Bergen, Norway, is known for his work on the development of neurology early in the 20th century. He studied at the National Hospital, Queens Square in London, and often visited Paris, France to work in the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital facilities. In 1917 he returned to Norway, and began studies at the Neurological University Clinic of Oslo (Rikshospitalet), where he was appointed a Professor in 1922. In 1927 he became Professor of Neurology at the University of Oslo, and later Emeritus Professor of Neurology.. He retired from this professorial chair at the age of 70.[1] His son, the computer engineer and entrepreneur Lars Monrad-Krohn was born in 1933. Monrad-Krohn died in 1964 after a long career in what both he and Acta Neurologica Scandinavica termed "the struggle for neurology".[1]