Gregory Pincus
Gregory Goodwin Pincus (born April 9, 1903 in Woodbine , New Jersey , † August 22, 1967 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American physiologist who was instrumental in the development of the birth control pill .
From 1951 to 1967 Gregory G. Pincus held a professorship in Boston. Based on the recognition that in pregnancies increased progesterone concentration to ovulation prevents (ovulation), he headed the principle of hormonal contraception by oral contraceptives from.
In 1939 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1965 to the National Academy of Sciences .
Fonts
- The hormones (5 vols., 1948–1964)
- The control of fertility (1965)
literature
- Jonathan Eig: The Birth of the Pill: How Four Pioneers Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution . New York: Norton, 2014
Web links
- Gregory Pincus in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
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| SURNAME | Pincus, Gregory |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pincus, Gregory Goodwin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woodbine, New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 1967 |
| Place of death | Boston |