| 词条 | Leonard Keene Hirshberg |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Leonard K. Hirshberg | honorific_suffix = | image = Hirshberg 1911.png | image_upright = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = January 9, 1877 | birth_place = Baltimore | death_date = 1969 | death_place = | death_cause = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = American | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Johns Hopkins University | occupation = Physician | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | home_town = | salary = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charge = Mail fraud | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | family = | awards = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}Leonard Keene Hirshberg (January 9, 1877 - 1969), best known as Leonard K. Hirshberg was an American physician who was convicted of mail fraud.[1] Hirshberg was born in Baltimore from a Jewish family. He obtained his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1902.[2][3] He had a successful career as a health writer with his articles appearing in mainstream medical columns and journals. With H. L. Mencken he collaborated on a series of baby care articles, these were published in What You Ought to Know About Your Baby (1910).[4][5] In September, 1922 Hirshberg was convicted of defrauding investors in a mail fraud investment scam of one millions dollars.[6][7] Hirshberg was also a skeptic. He was highly critical of the claims of the medium Eusapia Palladino.[8] Selected publications
References1. ^[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1989/12/26/pure-mencken-on-child-care/e12a9426-fdf5-4876-a2fc-347f50330836/ "Pure Mecncken on Child Care"]. The Washington Post. 2. ^Schwartz, Julia; Kaye, Solomon Aaron; Simons, John. (1926). Who's Who in American Jewry, Volume 1. Jewish Biographical Bureau. p. 271 3. ^Glassman, Leo M. (1935). Biographical Encyclopaedia of American Jews, 1935. Maurice Jacobs & Leo Glassman. p. 229 4. ^Zuckerman, Mary Ellen. (1998). A History of Popular Women's Magazines in the United States, 1792-1995. Greenwood Press. p. 47 5. ^Lingeman, Richard R. (2006). Double Lives: American Writers' Friendships. Random House. p. 136 6. ^Mencken, Henry Louis; Markel, Howard; Oski, Frank A. (1990). The H.L. Mencken Baby Book: Comprising the Contents of H.L. Mencken's What You Ought to Know About Your Baby. Hanley & Belfus. p. 20 7. ^Smith, Matthew. (2015). Another Person's Poison: A History of Food Allergy. Columbia University Press. p. 213. {{ISBN|978-0-231-16484-9}} 8. ^Mencken, Henry Louis; Markel, Howard; Oski, Frank A. (1990). The H.L. Mencken Baby Book: Comprising the Contents of H.L. Mencken's What You Ought to Know About Your Baby. Hanley & Belfus. pp. 18-20 5 : 1877 births|1969 deaths|American people convicted of mail and wire fraud|Physicians from Baltimore|American skeptics |
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