About Herman Musaph
Lived 1915 – 1992 (aged 77). Herman Musaph was a Dutch psychiatrist, university teacher, writer, painter and neurologist.
Herman Musaph (7 January 1915 – 18 November 1992) was a Dutch Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, dermatologist and sexologist.
Musaph was born in Amsterdam. He studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam. In 1977 Musaph became Professor of Medicine at the University of Utrecht. He wrote various works on dermatology.
Musaph founded the Dutch Society for Sexual Reform and he wrote the "Handbook of Sexology".
He was the winner of the Magnus Hirschfeld Medal in 1990. The Herman Musaph Foundation for Psychodermatology is named in his honor.
Herman was married to Rosetta Andriesse and had no children.
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Who was Herman Musaph?
Dutch sexologist (1915-1992)
When was Herman Musaph born?
Herman Musaph was born on 7 January 1915 in Amsterdam.
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Herman Musaph died on 18 November 1992 in Amsterdam.
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Herman Musaph was a psychiatrist, university teacher, writer, painter and neurologist.
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Herman Musaph was Dutch.
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