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Adolf Butenandt

Adolf ButenandtAKA Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt

Born: 24-Mar-1903
Birthplace: Bremerhaven-Wesermünde, Germany
Died: 18-Jan-1995
Location of death: Munich, Germany
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Research in sex hormones

Father: Otto Butenandt (businessman)
Wife: Erika von Ziegner (m. 1931, seven children)

    University: University of Marburg
    University: PhD, University of Göttingen (1927)
    Teacher: University of Göttingen (1927-)
    Professor: Institute of Technology, Danzig (-1936)
    Professor: University of Berlin (1936-60)
    Professor: Physiological Chemistry, University of Tübingen (1945-56)

    New York Academy of Sciences Honorary Life Member
    Royal Society Foreign Member (1968)
    National Socialist German Workers Party party member #3716562 (1-May-1936)
    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1939 (with Leopold Ruzicka)


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