C. Henry Kempe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

C. Henry Kempe

American doctor

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1984

Profession: virologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Henry Kempe (birth name Karl Heinz Kempe; April 26, 1922 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) – March 8, 1984 in Hanauma Bay, Hawaii) was a pediatrician and the first in the medical community to identify and recognize child abuse. In 1962, Kempe and Brandt F.
Steele published the paper, "The Battered Child Syndrome." Publishing this paper led to the identification and recognition by the medical community of child abuse. Kempe received two nominations for the Nobel Prize.
The first nomination was for his work in developing a safer smallpox vaccine.
The second nomination was recognition for his contribution to the prevention and treatment of child abuse.
Due to the efforts of Kempe, abuse reporting laws exist in all 50 states.
His efforts also led to the passage of the 1972 Colorado law requiring legal counsel for the child in all cases of suspected abuse.