Danon, D.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
דנון, דוד, 1921-2015
Name (Latin)
Danon, D.
Other forms of name
Danon, David, 1921-2015
Date of birth
1921-10-17
Date of death
2015-10-17
Place of birth
Pazardzhik (Bulgaria)
Other associated place
Rehovot (Israel)
Field of activity
Gerontology
Bedsores
Electron microscopy
Associate group
Weizmann Institute of Science
Occupation
College teachers Physicians Painters
Associated Language
eng heb fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q18342891
Library of congress: n 80009400
Sources of Information
  • Aging, a challenge to science and social policy, 1979- (a.e.)v. 1 CIP galley t.p. (D. Danon, head, Sect. of Biological Ultrastructure, Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel) v. 1 CIP galley prelim. paging (David Danon, MD)
  • Danon, David ( (Personal profile page, SCOPUS site, viewed July 05th 2022) )
  • דוד דנון ( (דף פרופיל אישי, אתר ויקיפדיה, נצפה ב-05 ליולי 2022) )

Wikipedia description:

Professor David Danon (Hebrew: דוד דנון; October 17, 1921 – October 17, 2015) was a physician, a scientist, a leader in the study of the biology of aging, and a painter. He was the inventor of a unique treatment for the healing of pressure ulcers and other severe wounds that do not respond to conventional treatments. Before the creation of the state of Israel, he was a commander in Irgun, the Zionist paramilitary group also known as "Etzel". He was the founder and the first commander of the Israeli Air Force's first airborne military medical evacuation unit, the founder and first president of the Israeli Association for Electron Microscopy, director of the Gerontology Center at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Health.

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