Hans Zinsser

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Hans Zinsser

Hans Zinsser (born November 17, 1878 in New York City , † September 4, 1940 ) was an American bacteriologist and author .

Zinsser was born in New York in 1878 as the son of German immigrants. He studied medicine at Columbia University and earned his doctorate in 1903. After a number of academic positions, Zinsser was a lecturer at Stanford University in 1910 and returned to Columbia University in 1913. Ten years later he was poached from Harvard Medical School and stayed there until his death. His grave is in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York .

Zinsser conducted research in bacteriology and immunology , in particular he is associated with Brill-Zinsser disease and typhus . He is famous for his work to isolate the typhus pathogen Rickettsia prowazekii and for developing a vaccine against typhus. In 1919/1920 he served as President of the American Association of Immunologists . He wrote several books on biology and bacteria , including Rats, Lice and History, a " biography " of typhus. In 1923 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1924 to the National Academy of Sciences and in 1937 to the American Philosophical Society .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Summers WC: Hans Zinsser: a tale of two cultures . In: The Yale journal of biology and medicine . 72, No. 5, 1999, pp. 341-7. PMID 11049165 . PMC 2579027 (free full text).
  2. ↑ Mueller JH: Hans Zinsser, 1878-1940 . In: Journal of Bacteriology . 40, No. 6, December 1, 1940, p. I2. PMID 16560389 . PMC 374674 (free full text).
  3. ↑ Zinsser H: Rats, Lice, and History: Being a Study in Biography, Which, After Twelve Preliminary Chapters Indispensable for the Preparation of the Lay Reader, Deals With the Life History of Typhus Fever . Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York 1996, ISBN 1-884822-47-9 . (First edition 1935)
  4. ↑ Member History: Hans Zinsser. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 12, 2018 .

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SURNAME Zinsser, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American bacteriologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 4th September 1940
Place of death New York City