Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (June 2, 1885 – December 30, 1964) was a German neurologist and neuropathologist. In 1903, at the age of 18, he was drafted into the German army and spent his service stationed in Kiel.

Afterwards, he attended the School of Medicine of the University of Jena and the University of Rostock,

After the war he was director of the University of Kiel for six months, before being dismissed by the British occupation forces. His efforts to rebuild the university caused a series of conflicts with the British because he wanted to allow more former army officers to study there. Creutzfeldt resigned from his work at Kiel in 1953 in order to pursue life as professor emeritus in Munich.

Personal life

He was married to Clara Sombart, a daughter of economist Werner Sombart. They had five children, among them neurologist Otto Detlev Creutzfeldt and Werner Creutzfeldt (1924–2006), a German internist. He died in December 1964 in Munich.

See also

  • Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, a fatal degenerative brain disorder caused by prions involving the cerebral cortex, the basal ganglia and the spinal cord.
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy, a rare demyelination disorder also known as Siemerling-Creutzfeldt disease that causes damage to the myelin sheaths of neurons in the brain, resulting in seizures and hyperactivity.

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