Wikipedia's first sentence called it “physician”. Today it says “jewish reformer”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Haindorf and his grandchildren, painted by Caspar Göke in 1854 Alexander Haindorf (2 May 1784 – 16 October 1862) was a Jewish reformer, psychologist, university lecturer, author, journalist and art collector. He was a promoter of emancipation of 19th century liberal Judaism and wrote one of the first psychiatric textbooks of German origin. Often in his life he got caught up in the discord between religious affiliation and the strive for social and scientific recognition. He tried to counteract his inner-Jewish conflict with education and promoting emancipation among Jewish communities. This caused him to develop into a both cultural-historical and scientific-historical important persona. Grenzgänge: Menschen und Schicksale zwischen jüdischer, christlicher und deutscher Identität : Festschrift für Diethard Aschoff (in German).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Haindorf and his grandchildren, painted by Caspar Göke in 1854 Alexander Haindorf (2 May 1784 – 16 October 1862) was a physician, a Jewish reformer, psychologist, university lecturer, journalist, art collector and co-founder of the Westphalian Kunstverein [ de ] .
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physician
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jewish reformer
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