Dr Rahel Plaut | |
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| Born | Elisabeth Amalie Rahel Plaut June 21, 1894 Leipzig |
| Died | 22 December 1993 Rochester, Kent, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Freiburg |
| Occupation | Researcher & doctor |
| Known for | First female academic Hamburg Medical School |
| Spouse | Hans Liebeschuetz |
| Children | Wolf, Hugo, Elisabeth |
Dr Rahel Plaut (1894-1993) was a medical doctor and researcher in physiology who became the first female academic to be appointed at Hamburg University School of Medicine. Between 1919 and 1924 she co-authored 25 scientific papers on subjects including metabolism, muscle physiology and infectious disease. She married the historian Hans Liebeschuetz (German: Liebeschütz) in Hamburg in 1924. They emigrated to England in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution.