Claim: Edvard Ehlers was a Danish dermatologist whose name was given to a group of rare genetic connective tissue disorders(Ehlers–Danlos syndromes), qualified in medicine in 1891 and  was appointed chief of the dermatological polyclinic at the Frederiks Hospital in Copenhagen.
Evidence: Edvard Laurits Ehlers (26 March 1863 in Copenhagen – 7 May 1937) was a Danish dermatologist whose name was given to a group of rare genetic connective tissue disorders, known collectively as the Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS), which was named together after Henri-Alexandre Danlos from France, at the turn of the 20th century. Edvard Lauritz Ehlers grew up as the Mayor of Copenhagen's son and qualified in medicine in 1891. In 1906 he was appointed chief of the dermatological polyclinic at the Frederiks Hospital in Copenhagen.