Bernhard Pollack

Bernhard Pollack (14 August 1865 – 3 March 1928 in Berlin) was a German neuroanatomist and ophthalmologist practicing in Berlin. He held the post of Professor of Ophthalmology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. In addition to medical practice, he was a pupil of Moritz Moszkowski and a renowned pianist,[1] having performed with Fritz Kreisler and with the violinist Joseph Szigeti.[2]

Bernhard Pollack (circa 1900)

His father Jakob Pollack was a merchant in Berlin, and his mother Ledermann came from Silesia. The family was Jewish.[3] His sister Clara (1857-1896) was the mother of Richard Lichtheim. He was first married to the actress and soprano Fritzi Massary (1882-1969), nonetheless their marriage was brief. In 1912, he married the Baroness Marie Elisabeth von Podhrágy Popper (1887-1922).[4]

References
  1. Joseph Szigeti: With Strings Attached - Reminiscences and Reflections. A. A. Knopf (1967)
  2. Lazaros C. Triarhou. Bernhard Pollack (1865–1928), J Neurol. (2010) doi:10.1007/s00415-010-5564-x
  3. Lazaros C. Triarhou, The Berlin Ophthalmologist Bernhard Pollack, Lulu (2011), p. 31
  4. Lazaros C. Triarhou: The Berlin ophthalmologist Bernhard Pollack: Neurohistology scholar and devout musician. Corpus Callosum, 2011 ISBN 9609326390
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