Anne Beaumanoir, Activist and Clinical Neurologist, Dies at 98
Beaumanoir helped Jews evade Nazis during World War II and aided resistance fighters during the Algerian War of Independence. She also contributed to the field of epileptology.
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Anne Beaumanoir, Activist and Clinical Neurologist, Dies at 98
Anne Beaumanoir, Activist and Clinical Neurologist, Dies at 98
Beaumanoir helped Jews evade Nazis during World War II and aided resistance fighters during the Algerian War of Independence. She also contributed to the field of epileptology.
Beaumanoir helped Jews evade Nazis during World War II and aided resistance fighters during the Algerian War of Independence. She also contributed to the field of epileptology.
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