Axel Westman

Professor Axel Westman (29 December 1894 – 29 May 1960) was a Swedish physician and one of the foremost specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology of the twentieth century.[1][2]

Professor

Axel Westman
Axel Westman in 1940
Born(1894-12-29)29 December 1894
Stockholm, Sweden
Died29 May 1960(1960-05-29) (aged 65)
Stockholm, Sweden
Known forObstetrics and gynaecology

In 1927, he was appointed lectureship in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He went on to hold lectureship posts at Lund University and Uppsala University.[1]

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951.[3]

References
  1. "Professor Axel Westman on his Sixtieth Birthday December 29TH, 1954". Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 33 (4): 347–349. 1954-01-01. doi:10.3109/00016345409157613. ISSN 0001-6349. S2CID 221393431.
  2. Ingelman-Sundberg, Axel (1960-01-01). "In Memoriam Axel Westman 1894—1960". Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 39 (3): 343–345. doi:10.3109/00016346009157848. ISSN 0001-6349. S2CID 73002368.
  3. "Nomination%20Archive". NobelPrize.org. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-08-26.


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