Oswald Berkhan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oswald Berkhan

German physician

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1834

Place of Birth: Blankenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Feb-1917

Profession: psychiatrist, remedial teacher

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Oswald Berkhan (19 March 1834 – 15 February 1917) was a German physician. Born in Blankenburg am Harz, he was one of the initiators of the "Idioten-Anstalt Neuerkerode" (institution for people with mental illnesses), which was thought to be a sanctuary for disabled and ill people.
He was also a dedicated reformer of special education schools. He was the first person to identify dyslexia, in 1881, though the term "dyslexia" was coined several years later (in 1887) by Rudolf Berlin, who was an ophthalmologist in Stuttgart.Berkhan died in Braunschweig.