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Ludwik Zamenhof: a colleague of rare distinction
Author(s) -
Littlewood Kenneth R
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01459.x
Subject(s) - humanism , nazism , medicine , persecution , irony , world war ii , ethnic group , classics , literature , theology , philosophy , law , art , linguistics , german , anthropology , sociology , politics , political science
A bstract Ludwik Zamenhof trained as an ophthalmologist in Vienna at the end of the 19th century. He is best known as the originator of Esperanto and devoted his life to the ideals of secular humanism and ethnic tolerance. Few individuals left a nobler legacy, yet in a tragic irony when the Nazis invaded Poland in World War Two his family were singled out for persecution.