Petrus Johannes Waardenburg
Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (born June 3, 1886 in Nijeveen , † September 23, 1979 ) was a Dutch ophthalmologist and geneticist .
Life
After studying medicine at the University of Utrecht , Waardenburg trained in ophthalmology. He did his doctorate on the hereditary basis of the physiological and pathological properties of the eye. He devoted his special interest to hereditary eye diseases. As early as 1932 he suspected that Down's syndrome could be caused by a chromosome aberration . This fact was only confirmed 27 years later by Jérôme Lejeune and colleagues. In 1936 Waardenburg completed his habilitation in human genetics . However, it was not until 1952 at the age of 66 that he was appointed to the chair of genetics at the Institute for Preventive Medicine in Leiden . During the German occupation of Holland, Waardenburg opposed the racial policy of Nazi Germany.
plant
Waardenburg's name is associated with various congenital, hereditary malformation syndromes, which he described for the first time and which are known today as Waardenburg syndrome 1-4.
literature
- WU Eckart, Christoph Gradmann: Doctors Lexicon: From antiquity to the present. Springer-Verlag , 2006, ISBN 3-540-29584-4 , p. 334 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waardenburg, Petrus Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch ophthalmologist and geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nijeveen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1979 |