Vojtech Alexander Explained

Vojtech Alexander
Birth Date:31 May 1857
Birth Place:Késmárk, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Nationality:Slovak
Field:physics, chemistry
Work Institutions:University of Budapest
Alma Mater:University of Budapest
Known For:radioactivity, tuberculosis

Vojtech Alexander (Slovak), Alexander Béla (Hungarian) (May 31, 1857, Késmárk (today Kežmarok, Slovakia)  - January 15, 1916, Budapest) was an Austro-Hungarian radiologist of Slovak ethnicity,[1] one of the most influential radiologists in the world.

He was the first university lecturer on radiology in the Kingdom of Hungary. Among his many achievements, he described the development of tuberculosis. He was the owner of the first X-ray apparatus in Slovakia and wrote poems in Slovak.

References

  1. 10803315 . 99 . [Vojtech Alexander, the first Slovak radiologist] . 1998 . Sb Lek . 633 . Ferencová . E. 4 .