Leonard Keene Hirshberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1877
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Leonard Keene Hirshberg
- Leonard Keene Hirshberg (January 9, 1877 - 1969), best known as Leonard K.
- Hirshberg was an American physician who was convicted of mail fraud.Hirshberg was born in Baltimore from a Jewish family.
- He obtained his M.D.
- from Johns Hopkins University in 1902.
- He had a successful career as a health writer with his articles appearing in mainstream medical columns and journals.
- With H.
- L.
- Mencken he collaborated on a series of baby care articles, these were published in What You Ought to Know About Your Baby (1910).In September, 1922 Hirshberg was convicted of defrauding investors in a mail fraud investment scam of one millions dollars.Hirshberg was also a skeptic.
- He was highly critical of the claims of the medium Eusapia Palladino.
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