Frederic Lewy

Frederic Henry Lewey[1] (born Friedrich Heinrich Lewy, January 28, 1885[2] – October 5, 1950) was a German-born American neurologist. He is best known for the discovery of Lewy bodies, which are a characteristic indicator of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.[3]

Frederic Lewy
Dr. Lewy, c. 1920
Born	Friedrich Heinrich Lewy January 28, 1885 Berlin, German Empire
Died	October 5, 1950 (aged 65) Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States
Resting place	Haverford Friends, Haverford, Pennsylvania
Occupation	Neurologist
Known for	Lewy bodies

Lewy was born in Berlin, Germany on January 28, 1885. He trained in Berlin and Zürich and graduated from Berlin in 1910. Lewy worked in Alois Alzheimer's Munich laboratory and was contemporary with Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885–1964), Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931) and Ugo Cerletti (1877–1963). He later fled Nazi Germany and moved to the United States. He immigrated to the US in 1933,[4] and died in Haverford, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1950, aged 65.

References

1. He is consistently referred to as "Lewy", although he changed his names during his years in the U.S, ending up with "Lewey".
2. Friedrich H. Lewy at Who Named It?
3. Rodrigues e Silva AM, Geldsetzer F, Holdorff B, et al. (September 2010). "Who was the man who discovered the "Lewy bodies"?". Movement Disorders. 25 (12): 1765–73. doi:10.1002/mds.22956. PMID 20669275.
4. Holdorff B (March 2002). "Friedrich Heinrich Lewy (1885–1950) and his work". Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. 11 (1): 19–28. doi:10.1076/jhin.11.1.19.9106. PMID 12012571.

External links

• Engelhardt E (October 2017). "Lafora and Trétiakoff: the naming of the inclusion bodies discovered by Lewy". Arq Neuropsiquiatr (Historical article). 75 (10): 751–753. doi:10.1590/0004-282X20170116. PMID 29166468.
• Engelhardt E, Gomes M (2017). "Lewy and his inclusion bodies: Discovery and rejection". Dement Neuropsychol. 11 (2): 198–201. doi:10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-020012. PMC 5710688. PMID 29213511.