Gustav Born (embryologist)
Gustav Jacob Born (born April 22, 1851 in Kempen ; died July 6, 1900 in Breslau ) was a German embryologist .
Life
Gustav Born studied medicine with Rudolf Heidenhain in Breslau and interned with Wilhelm Waldeyer . He received his doctorate in Berlin in 1873. Born became a professor of anatomy and embryology at the University of Wroclaw.
He is considered to be the discoverer of the endocrine function of the corpus luteum . In 1888 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
His older son was the Nobel laureate for physics Max Born , the younger son Wolfgang Born became an artist and art historian.
Fonts (selection)
- Contributions to the history of the development of the striated voluntary muscles in mammals . Berlin: Niethe, 1873. Berlin, Univ., Diss., 1873
literature
- Born, Gustav Jacob , in: Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography . Volume 1. Chernivtsi, 1925, p. 425f.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Born, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Born, Gustav Jacob (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German embryologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kempen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1900 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |