Short biography about ignaz semmelweis



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Ignaz Semmelweis

Ignaz Philip Semmelweis

The last known photograph taken of
Ignaz Philip Semmelweis, in , by Austrian photographer, Ludwig Angerer, (–).

Born

Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp


()1 July

Tabán, Buda, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (modern-day Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary)

Died13 August () (aged&#;47)[1]

In a Austrianpsychiatric hospital in Oberdöling, Austrian Empire (modern-day Döling, Vienna, Vienna, Austria)

Cause&#;of deathGangerous wound caused by infection
EducationUniversity of Vienna (began studying law there in the fall (or autumn) of ; graduated in and awarded with a doctor of medicine)
Alma&#;materUniversity of Vienna (began studying law there in the fall (or autumn) of ; graduated in and awarded with a doctor of medicine)
Occupation(s)Physician and scientist
Known&#;forIntroducing hand disinfection standards, antiseptic procedures, discovering the cause of postpartum infection, inventing the g