John Menkes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Menkes

American author

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1928

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 22-Nov-2008

Profession: writer, author, neurologist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

John Hans Menkes (December 20, 1928 – November 22, 2008) was an Austrian-American pediatric neurologist and author of fictional novels and plays.
He identified two inherited diseases: maple syrup urine disease which is a defect in amino acid metabolism, and a defect in copper transport which bears his name.
In addition to a career in academic medicine, he pursued a career in writing, publishing novels and plays.