Peter Karlson
Peter Karlson (born October 11, 1918 in Berlin ; † December 17, 2001 ) was a German chemist .
life and work
Peter Karlson grew up in Berlin . The parents' view that elementary schools only produced boredom in intelligent children did not allow him to enter a high school until the age of twelve .
From 1937 Peter Karlson studied chemistry at the University of Berlin . In 1940 he became a doctoral candidate at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biochemistry in Dahlem under the guidance of Adolf Butenandt , who had been awarded the Nobel Prize the previous year for his research on steroid hormones .
Peter Karlson followed Butenandt to Munich to the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry and in 1964 was offered a full professorship for physiological chemistry at the Philipps University of Marburg . In 1969 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . 1983 to 1984 he was chairman of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors .
In cooperation with the Bern zoologist Martin Lüscher, he created the term “ pheromone ” for insect sexual attractants.
Fonts
- Karlsons Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry. Editors Detlef Doenecke, Jan Koolman , Georg Fuchs, Wolfgang Gerok . 15th edition. Thieme, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-13-357815-4 ( Google books ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Karlson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary for Peter Karlson ( Memento of December 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.07 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of Peter Karlson at academictree.org, accessed on February 15, 2018.
- ↑ Nature . 183, 55, London 1959.
- ↑ Natural Sciences. 46, 63, 1959.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karlson, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 2001 |