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Erich Geiringer (31 January 1917 – 25 August 1995) was a New Zealand writer, publisher, broadcaster, Fulbright scholar 1953, a leading member of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and the founder of the New Zealand Medical Association. He was described in a memorial tribute as ''one of the most significant public health figures in New Zealand in the last half century''. () Born in Vienna in 1917, he escaped Nazi Germany in 1938, going first to Belgium and later the United Kingdom, attending medical school in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In New Zealand he became a researcher at Otago Medical School in the 1960s.() Geiringer was instrumental in the IPPNW's campaign in seeking an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice questioning the legality of nuclear weapons. () He died in Wellington on 25 August 1995, and is survived by his wife Carol, his daughter Claudia and his sons Karl and Felix. ==References== *Obituaries in ''Dominion'', 26 August 1995 page 7 & ''Evening Post'', 31 August 1995 page 7. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erich Geiringer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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