Oskar Minkowski

Oskar Minkowski
Born	13 January 1858 Aleksotas, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (now Lithuania)
Died	18 July 1931 (1931-07-19) (aged 73) Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany
Known for	pancreas and diabetes
Scientific career
Fields	Diabetology
Institutions	University of Breslau

Oskar Minkowski (/mɪŋˈkɔːfski, -ˈkɒf-/;^[1] German: [mɪŋˈkɔfski] 13 January 1858 – 18 July 1931) was a German physician and physiologist who held a professorship at the University of Breslau and is most famous for his research on diabetes. He was the brother of the mathematician Hermann Minkowski and father of astrophysicist Rudolph Minkowski.