Owsei Temkin

Owsei Temkin
Аўсей Цемкін
Owsei Temkin in 1929
Born(1902-10-06)October 6, 1902
Russia
DiedJuly 18, 2002(2002-07-18) (aged 99)
NationalityAmerica
EducationUniversity of Leipzig
AwardsWelch Medal (1952)
Sarton Medal (1960)
Scientific career
FieldsHistory of Medicine
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University

Owsei Temkin (Belarusian: Аўсей Цемкін; October 6, 1902 – July 18, 2002) was William H. Welch Professor Emeritus of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He was a Russian-born, German-educated, American medical historian.