# Adolf Lesser

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{{short description|German physician}}
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| name               = Adolf Lesser
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1851|05|22|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [Preußisch Stargard](/source/Preu%C3%9Fisch_Stargard), [Kreis Preußisch Stargard](/source/Kreis_Preu%C3%9Fisch_Stargard), [Kingdom of Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia)
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1926|07|06|1851|05|22|df=y}}
| death_place        = [Breslau](/source/Breslau), [Province of Lower Silesia](/source/Province_of_Lower_Silesia), [Weimar Republic](/source/Weimar_Republic)
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| alma_mater         = [University of Breslau](/source/University_of_Breslau)
| organization       = [German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina](/source/German_National_Academy_of_Sciences_Leopoldina)
| spouse             = Mina Kopp
| children           = 2
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'''Adolf Lesser''' (22 May 1851 – 6 July 1926) was a German physician who specialized in [forensic medicine](/source/forensic_medicine). He was born in the city of [Stargard](/source/Starogard_Gda%C5%84ski), [West Prussia](/source/West_Prussia).

Lesser studied medicine at the [University of Berlin](/source/University_of_Berlin), and from 1877 to 1884 was an assistant at the institute of [pharmacology](/source/pharmacology) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). In 1886, he was appointed [city physician](/source/city_physician) ({{Lang|de|Stadtphysikus}}) in [Breslau](/source/Breslau), and during the following year became an associate professor at the [University of Breslau](/source/University_of_Breslau). He remained at Breslau until his retirement in 1921.

He was the author of numerous articles in medical journals, his best known written work being the 1892 {{Lang|de|Atlas der Gerichtlichen Medizin}} (Atlas of Forensic Medicine). 

== References ==
* [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=216&letter=L Jewish Encyclopedia, Biography]

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