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Thomas Diekwisch

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According to Wikipedia, Thomas G. H. Diekwisch is a German dentist who is founding chair of the Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health at the University of Rochester. Birth and genealogy Thomas Gustav Heinrich Diekwisch was born on February 27, 1961, in Bielefeld, West Germany. The two middle names correspond to his two grandfathers’ first names. Diekwisch is a common name in Northern Germany and translates into “meadow by the lake”. In the 1840s and again in the 1920s, members of the Diekwisch family moved from Germany to the United States, mostly to Illinois. Thomas Diekwisch’s parents are Annelore Spruch and Gerd Diekwisch, also from Bielefeld and born in 1930 and 1933 . His mother’s parents were Heinrich and Else Spruch from Bielefeld-Quelle, and his father’s parents were Gustav and Frieda Diekwisch from Bielefeld-Kammeratsheide/Heepen.

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