Theodor von Brand
Theodor von Brand (born September 22, 1899 in Ortenberg (Baden) , † July 19, 1978 in Bethesda (Maryland) ), full name Theodor Kurt Freiherr von Brand zu Neidstein , was a German - American parasitologist .
life and work
Theodor von Brand came from the von Brand zu Neidstein family . His mother was born Freiin von Hirsch who, after her parents, owned the Ortenberg Castle from 1932 to 1942 .
He studied zoology and medicine, where he received his doctorate in both subjects. He was assistant to Ernst Weinland at the University of Erlangen and in 1929 went to the Tropical Institute in Hamburg ( Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine ) as an assistant in the protozoology department. In 1933 he had to leave the institute because of his Jewish mother in accordance with the law to restore the civil service . He went to the USA via Copenhagen in 1935. At Johns Hopkins University , he was one of the first to conduct biochemical studies on parasites. From 1947 he was department head at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda (Maryland) .
He founded the biochemistry and the study of the metabolism of parasites from the group of helminths and protozoa .
In 1978 he received the Robert Koch Medal .
In July 1973 he inherited Neidstein Castle from his brother Philipp Theodor Freiherr von Brand, who was chief of protocol at the Bavarian State Chancellery in the post-war period , and he regularly visited it. His son Theodor P. von Brand (1926-2004) became a respected labor lawyer in the United States.
Fonts
- Biochemistry of Parasites , Academic Press 1966, 2nd edition 1973
- Chemical physiology of endoparasitic animals , Academic Press 1952
- Biochemistry and physiology of endoparasites , North Holland / Elsevier 1979
literature
- Obituary in the Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde , Volume 58, 1978, p. 1
- History of the Bernhard Nocht Institute (PDF; 714 kB)
Web links
- Literature by and about Theodor von Brand in the catalog of the German National Library
- Photos by Theodor von Brand in the "History of Medicine" (IHM)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on genealogical database Geneall
- ^ Hermann Bürkle (2014), Ortenberg Castle / Baden; Reference to the Jewish von Hirsch family (Diana von Brand, née Freiin von Hirsch, castle and estate owner from 1932–1942)
- ^ Sulzbach-Rosenberger Zeitung 1978, scanned excerpt from the Alemannia Judaica website, accessed on April 19, 2017
- ↑ Obituary Theodor P. von Brand in the Washington Post, March 22, 2004, at highbeam ( memento of the original from June 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brand, Theodor von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brand, Theodor Curt von; Baron von Brand zu Neidstein, Theodor Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American parasitologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ortenberg (Baden) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1978 |
| Place of death | Bethesda, Maryland |