Nékám, Lajos, 1868-1957

LC control no.	no2007002040
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Nékám, Lajos, 1868-1957 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Nehám, Lajos, 1868-1957 Nékám, L. (Lajos), 1868-1957 Nékám, Lajos, 1868- Nékám, Lajos, b. 1868 Nékám, Lajos Sándor, 1868-1957 Nékám, Louis, 1868-1957 Nékám, Ludovicus, 1868-1957
Associated country	Hungary
Birth date	1868-06-04
Death date	1957-01-29
Place of birth	Budapest (Hungary)
Place of death	Budapest (Hungary)
Field of activity	Dermatology Skin--Diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Dermatomycoses
Affiliation	Magyar Dermatológiai Társulat Hungary. Országgyűlés. Förendiház Fővárosi Bakteriológiai (Budapest, Hungary)
Profession or occupation	Dermatologists Physicians College teachers Medical teaching personnel Legislators
Found in	The cultural aspirations of Hungary from 1896 to 1935, 1935: t.p. verso (Louis Nékám) OCLC, Sept. 14, 2005 (hdg.: Nékám, Lajos, 1868- ; usage: Nékám Lajos; Louis Nékám; L. Nékám; Nehám Lajos) Wikipedia, February 3, 2021 (Louis Nékám; Lajos Sándor Nékám or Louis Nékám; native form: Nékám Lajos Sándor (this article uses Western name order); Hungarian dermatologist, June 4, 1868 - January 29, 1957) Wikipedia, Hungarian version, February 3, 2021 (Nékám Lajos; Nékám Lajos Sándor; born Pest 1868 June 4; died Budapest, 1957 January 29; Hungarian doctor of medicine, private university professor; son of university professor Sándor Nékám, father of doctor Lajos Nékám; graduated from high school and university in Pest; inaugurated as doctor of medicine in 1889; studied dermatology abroad, mainly in Paris and London; studied rarer skin problems in Spain and North Africa; from 1895 he was director of the Fővárosi Bakteriológiai [Institute of Bacteriology] in the capital; from 1898 he was a private university professor; from 1906 he was head of the dermatology clinic; from 1910 he taught dermatology at "budapesti egyetemen"; from 1935 he was a member of the "fels̈ház" [upper house]; he initiated the social fight against syphilis in Hungary, and screenings for sexually transmitted diseases and skin fungi) ResearchGate, Szép, Z. Prof. Dr. Lajos Nékám (1868-1957) and Corpus Iconum Morborum Cutaneorum (article), January 2007, abstract viewed February 3, 2021 (founder of the Hungarian Dermatological Society and the Collegium Medicum; superintendent of the Central Library of the Medical School, and manager of the Publishing House of Hungarian Medical Books; he led a fight against venereal diseases and mycotic infections; also published non-medical works on history, linguistics and arts; his most important work is his 3-volume dermatovenereological atlas, Corpus Iconum Morborum Cutaneorum (1938)) OCLC #496564984, Corpus iconum morborum cutaneorum, February 3, 2021: statement of responsibility (collegit et edidit Ludovicus Nékám)
Associated language	hun