Max Nordau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max Nordau

Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1849

Place of Birth: Pest, Pest County, Hungary

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1923

Profession: writer, physician, politician, journalist, sociologist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Max Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld; July 29, 1849 – January 23, 1923) was a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.He was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl, and president or vice president of several Zionist congresses. As a social critic, he wrote The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation (1883), Degeneration (1892), and Paradoxes (1896).
Although not his most popular or successful work whilst alive, Degeneration is the book most often remembered and cited today.