Fredrick Willius

Fredrick Arthur Willius(b. November 24, 1888 in Saint Paul, Minnesota d. 1972) was a research cardiologist and the author of many hundreds of essays and no small number of books and textbooks in his field.

Family Information

Known to all as "F.A.," Willius was born to an upper class and well known family in St. Paul, Minnesota. His father, Gustav Willius, and his uncle, Ferdinand Willius, were German immigrants who had together founded the National German-American Bank of St. Paul. His mother, Emma Klausmeyer as the herself the daughter of William Klausmeyer, German immigrant and Director of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

Early life