Heinz Lehmann

Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (died 1999)

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Born: July 17, 1911
Died: April 7, 1999
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1911

About Heinz Lehmann

Heinz Edgar Lehmann was a German-born Canadian psychiatrist best known for his use of chlorpromazine for the treatment of schizophrenia in 1950s and "truly the father of modern psychopharmacology." Although based in Montreal, Canada, it became one of the first units in this network. Lehmann became involved in a new US Public Health Service Program initiative which met to exchange observations and findings on new psychotropics.

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The world when Heinz Lehmann was born

Heinz Lehmann was born in 1911. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1911

Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

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Measure	1911	2026
Population	93.4M	341 million

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