Ludwig Guttmann

Sir
Ludwig Guttmann
CBE FRS
Guttmann in 1976
Born(1899-07-03)3 July 1899
Tost, Prussia, German Empire (now Toszek, Poland)
Died18 March 1980(1980-03-18) (aged 80)
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
CitizenshipGermany, United Kingdom
Known forFounding the Paralympic Games
Medical career
ProfessionNeurologist
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society

Sir Ludwig Guttmann CBE FRS[1] (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-British[2] neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games. A Jewish doctor who fled Nazi Germany just before the start of the Second World War, Guttmann was a founding father of organized physical activities for people with disabilities.[3][4][5][6]

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  2. ^ "Guttmann, Sir Ludwig (1899–1980)". Wellcome Library. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ^ Bedbrook, G. (1982). "International Medical Society of Paraplegia first Ludwig Guttmann Memorial Lecture". Paraplegia. 20 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1038/sc.1982.1. PMID 7041053.
  4. ^ Ross, J. C.; Harris, P. (1980). "Tribute to Sir Ludwig Guttmann". Paraplegia. 18 (3): 153–156. doi:10.1038/sc.1980.27. PMID 6997807.
  5. ^ Rossier, A. B.; Fam, B. A. (1979). "From intermittent catheterisation to catheter freedom via urodynamics: A tribute to Sir Ludwig Guttmann". Paraplegia. 17 (1): 73–85. doi:10.1038/sc.1979.17. PMID 492753. S2CID 12721123.
  6. ^ Scruton, J. (1979). "Sir Ludwig Guttmann: Creator of a sports movement for the paralysed and other disabled". Paraplegia. 17 (1): 52–55. doi:10.1038/sc.1979.13. PMID 158734.