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Amandus Wilhelm Luitpold Emil Louis Heinrich Hahn (born January 16, 1889 in Düsseldorf , † January 1, 1952 in Munich ) was a German physiologist and physiological chemist .
Life
Hahn studied biology in Munich. There doctorate he to 1911 Dr. phil. with Richard von Hertwig and in 1914 doctor of medicine . He then conducted research under the direction of Nobel Prize winner Hans Fischer on pyrrole syntheses , blood and bile pigments .
He took part in the First World War as a senior staff doctor . In 1919 he completed his habilitation and in 1924 became an associate professor .
His main interest was research into the properties and mode of action of ferments . He followed Hans Fischer, head of the chemical-physiological department at the Physiological Institute of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and was director of the institute from 1942 to 1952; 1947 full professor. He was followed by Nobel Prize winner Adolf Butenandt .
Hahn had been a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 1944.
Like Hans Fischer, Hahn supported the Munich physician Friedrich von Müller in editing the standard work paperback of medical-clinical diagnostics .
Publications
- Significance of the law of mass action for physiology . 1921.
- Introduction to the physiological-chemical working methods . 1936.
- Basic principles of the doctrine of metabolism and nutrition . 1938.
- Outlines of physiological chemistry for students . 1946.
literature
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences : Yearbooks 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 .
- Helmut Niemer: Hahn, Amandus Wilhelm Luitpold Emil Louis Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 501 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ member entry of Amandus Hahn in the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on 1 February 2016th
- ^ Friedrich von Müller, Otto Seifert : Pocket book of medical-clinical diagnostics. JF Bergmann , Wiesbaden 1886; 50th edition 1941; from 1942 (55th edition) to 1966 (69th edition) ed. by Hans Kress von Kressenstein , published by JF Bergmann, Munich 1966, SV
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hahn, Amandus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hahn, Amandus Wilhelm Luitpold Emil Louis Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1952 |
| Place of death | Munich |