Rudolf Otto Neumann

Rudolf Otto Neumann (29 June 1868, Seifhennersdorf - 5 April 1952, Hamburg) was a German hygienist.

During the same year he was part of an expedition to Brazil in order to research yellow fever.

Neumann participated in many scientific trips during his career, including extended journeys to the Far East, the United States and Central America in 1928–1931.

As a scientist his work embraced bacteriology, tropical pathology, parasitology, food hygiene and nutrition.

[1] He was the author of over 125 scientific works, including books on bacteriology that he co-authored with Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1858–1940) that were later translated into English: