Oskar Minkowski (January 13, 1858, Kaunas, Lithuania - July 18, 1931, Mecklenburg, Germany) was a famous Jewish doctor of Polish origin. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Kaunas (approximate English transcription [ˈkəʊ.nəs], simplified Lithuanian transcription [kaŭnas]; German: Kauen; Polish: Kowno, often anglicized as Kovno; Russian Каунас, formerly Ковно), is the second largest city in Lithuania. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Mecklenburg, located in Northern Germany, was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, then divided, and after 1815 two Grand Duchies, then a state, and now part of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ...

He held a professorate at the University of Breslau. A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... The University of Breslau (Universität Breslau) was a university in Breslau, Germany, which existed from 1702 until the city with the rest of Silesia was occupied by Stalin and given to the Peoples Republic of Poland after the Second World War. ...

He is the son of Hermann Minkowski, the Brother of the mathematician Hermann Minkowski, and father of Rudolph Minkowski. Hermann Minkowski. ... Brother may have the following meanings, in addition to and derived from its main one of male sibling; see Family. Brother or Bro is a reference to a close friend or pal. ... Hermann Minkowski. ... Rudolph Minkowski (born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski) (May 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976) was a German-American astronomer. ...