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Guenter B. Risse

American historian

PersonDied aged 93humanQ5614825

Born: April 28, 1932
Died: February 15, 2026
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: historian
, medical historian
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Education: Colegio Nacional
, University of Chicago
, University of Buenos Aires
Employer: University of California, Berkeley
, University of Wisconsin–Madison
, University of Chicago
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Guenter Bernhard Risse was an American medical historian. He wrote numerous books, including "Driven by Fear: Epidemics and Isolation in San Francisco's House of Pestilence." The American Association for the History of Medicine awarded him the 1988 William H. Welch Medal for his book Hospital Life in Enlightenment Scotland and its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. He was Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, at the University of California, San Francisco, and later Affiliate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Guenter
Family name: Risse

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