Anton Erkoreka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anton Erkoreka

Historian of Medicine

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1950

Place of Birth: Bermeo, Basque Country, Spain

Profession: physician, university teacher, anthropologist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Anton Erkoreka (1950, Biscaya, Basque Country) is a Basque historian of medicine and an ethnographer.
He is director of the Basque Museum of the History of Medicine and Science, located at the University of the Basque Country.
His areas of specialization include the history of diseases, in particular the Spanish flu pandemic, folk medicine, such as the evil eye and the study of human populations.