List of members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina / 1959

The list of members of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina for 1959 lists all persons who were appointed to members in 1959. There were a total of 60 newly elected members.

Newly elected members

No. 1	Surname	Nickname 1	Born	Recording 1	Died	section	image	Database
	Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov		May 7, 1896		Nov 16, 1982	mathematics		Pavel S. Aleksandrov
	Viktor Hambarzumjan		Sep 18 1908		Aug 12, 1996	Astronomy and astrophysics		Viktor A. Ambarcumjan
	Gerard Baerends		March 30, 1916		Sep 1 1999	Organismic Biology		Gerardus Pieter Baerends
	James Bonner		Sep 1 1910		13 Sep 1996	Biochemistry and biophysics		James Bonner
	Rudolf Brdička		Feb 25, 1906		June 25, 1970	physics		Rudolf Brdicka
	Melvin Calvin		Apr 8, 1911		Jan. 8, 1997	chemistry		Melvin Calvin
	Wilhelm Grunke		1895		1975	Internal Medicine		Wilhelm Grunke
	Herbert Grötzsch		May 21, 1902		May 15, 1993	mathematics		Herbert Grötzsch
	Willi Hennig		April 20, 1913		Nov 5, 1976	zoology		Willi Hennig
	Cyril Norman Hinshelwood		June 19, 1897		Oct 9, 1967	chemistry		Sir Cyril Hinshelwood
	Edmund Hlawka		Nov 5, 1916		Feb. 19, 2009	mathematics		Edmund Hlawka
	Ferdinand Hoff		Apr 19, 1896		March 23, 1988	Internal Medicine		Ferdinand Hoff
	Artemi Wassiljewitsch Ivanov		May 18, 1906		Jan. 22, 1992	zoology		Artemij V. Ivanov
	Werner Jacobs		1901		1972	zoology		Werner Jacobs
	William Owen James		May 21, 1900		Sep 15 1978	botany		William James
	Joseph Kimmig		Jan. 31, 1909		Sep 10 1976	dermatology		Josef Kimmig
	Hugo Wilhelm Knipping		July 9, 1895		Dec 25, 1984	Internal Medicine		Hugo Wilhelm Knipping
	Andrei Nikolajewitsch Kolmogorow		Apr 25, 1903		Oct 20, 1987	mathematics		Andrei N. Kolmogorov
	Gustav Kortüm		June 14, 1904		Dec. 1, 1990	Physical chemistry		Gustav Kortüm
	Otto Kratky		March 9, 1902		Feb 11, 1995	Physical chemistry		Otto Kratky
	Rudolf Käubler		July 10, 1904		Aug 16, 1989	geography		Rudolf Käubler
	Werner Köster		Nov 22, 1896		March 30, 1989	Physical chemistry		Werner Köster
	Martin Lindauer		December 19, 1918		Nov 13, 2008	Organismic and Evolutionary Biology		Martin Lindauer
	Feodor Lynen		Apr 6, 1911		Aug 6, 1979	Biochemistry and biophysics		Feodor Lynen
	Panchanan Maheshwari		1904		1966	botany		Panchanan Maheshwari
	Paul Martini		Jan. 25, 1889		8 Sep 1964	Internal Medicine		Paul Martini
	Peter Friedrich Matzen		Oct 11, 1909		Nov 28, 1986	Orthopedics		Peter Matzen
	Yrjö Meurman		1888		1960	Oto-rhino-laryngology		Yrjö Meurman
	Alexander Alexandrovich Mikhailov		Apr 26, 1888		29 Sep 1983	Astronomy and astrophysics		Aleksandr A. Michajlov
	Fritz Möller		May 16, 1906		March 21, 1983	Geophysics and meteorology		Fritz Möller
	Franz Mörl		Nov 6, 1899		May 30, 1979	surgery		Franz Mörl
	Hans Joachim Müller		Nov 11, 1911		June 20, 2007	Organismic and Evolutionary Biology		Hans Joachim Müller
	Ernst Neef		April 16, 1908		7th July 1984	geography		Ernst Neef
	Hans Nice		July 13, 1899		Nov 8, 1977	Biochemistry and biophysics		Hans Carl Bernhard Netter
	Erik Herbert Palmén		July 1898		1985	Geophysics and meteorology		Erik Herbert Palmén
	Yevgeny Nikanorowitsch Pavlovsky		March 5, 1884		May 27, 1965	zoology		Evgeny N. Pavlovsky
	Poul O. Pedersen		1910		1994	Stomatology		Poul O. Pedersen
	Fritz Peus		Apr 22, 1904		Nov. 17, 1978	zoology		Fritz Peus
	Karl Pönitz		Feb. 27, 1888		Oct. 4, 1973	Psychiatry, medical psychology and neurology		Karl Pönitz
	Karl Heinz Rechinger		Oct 16, 1906		Dec 30, 1998	Organismic Biology		Karl Heinz Rechinger
	Helmuth Reinwein		22 Feb 1895		Nov 17, 1966	Internal Medicine		Helmuth Reinwein
	Alfred Smell		Apr 28, 1902		Nov 6, 2001	chemistry		Alfred Smell
	Günther Rienäcker		May 13, 1904		June 13, 1989	chemistry		Günther Rienäcker
	Rudolf Schoen		March 31, 1892		March 11, 1979	Internal Medicine		Rudolf Schoen
	Gerhard Schramm		June 27, 1910		Feb 3, 1969	Molecular biology and genetics		Gerhard Schramm
	Hans Schubert		May 1, 1908		Nov 24, 1987	mathematics		Hans Schubert
	Johann Schwartzkopff		29 Sep 1918		March 22, 1995	zoology		Johann Schwartzkopff
	Martin Schwarzschild		May 31, 1912		Apr 10, 1997	Astronomy and astrophysics		Martin Schwarzschild
	Arno Schüller		Nov 16, 1908		Feb. 27, 1963	Mineralogy, Crystallography and Petrology		Arno Schüller
	Nikolai Nikolayevich Semyonov		Apr 15, 1896		25 Sep 1986	Physical chemistry		Nikolay N. Semenov
	Karlheinz Summer		March 23, 1907		July 18, 1989	Obstetrics and Gynecology		Karlheinz Summer
	Nikolaas Tinbergen		Apr 15, 1907		Dec 21, 1988	zoology		Nikolaas Tinbergen
	Alexander Robertus Todd		Oct. 2, 1907		Jan. 10, 1997	chemistry		Lord Alexander R. Todd
	Wilhelm Treibs		Nov 6, 1890		Apr 20, 1978	chemistry		Wilhelm Treibs
	Werner Wachsmuth		March 29, 1900		June 7, 1990	surgery		Werner Curt Ferdinand Wachsmuth
	Egon Wiberg		June 3, 1901		Nov 24, 1976	chemistry		Egon Wiberg
	Paul ten Bruggencate		Feb. 24, 1901		Sep 14 1961	Astronomy and astrophysics		Paul ten Bruggencate
	Heinrich von Hayek		1900		1969	anatomy		Heinrich von Hayek
	Ernst Lauda		Nov 16, 1892		Jan 25, 1963	Internal Medicine		Ernst von Lauda
	Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker		June 28, 1912		Apr 28, 2007	physics		Carl Friedrich Frhr. from Weizsäcker

¹The Martricular numbers, the nickname and the exact date of election of the listed academy members cannot be found in the Academy's online membership directory. Any academic titles can be viewed in the membership directory.

Web links

• Membership directory on leopoldina.org