Wilhelm Seyffert
Wilhelm Seyffert (born March 8, 1924 in Masserberg , Thuringia, † February 10, 2008 ) was a German scientist. From 1965 until his retirement in 1989 Seyffert professor of quantitative and population - genetics at the University of Tuebingen .
He grew up in Sondershausen and was a soldier from 1941 to 1945. In 1949 he began studying at the TH Hannover , and in 1952 he switched to the Max Planck Institute for Heredity and Breeding Research in Berlin-Dahlem . In 1954 he received his doctorate. After his habilitation in 1959, he became a private lecturer at the Botanical Institute of the University of Cologne in 1960 , and in 1962 he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research in Cologne-Vogelsang . After stays in the USA (Ames, Berkeley , Davis, Madison, Raleigh), he was appointed to the newly established Chair of Genetics at the University of Tübingen in 1965 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Seyffert in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in: Schwäbisches Tagblatt dated February 12, 2008, penultimate page; Obituary article from February 16, 2008, page 30
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seyffert, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geneticist, professor of quantitative - and population - genetics at the University of Tuebingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Masserberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 2008 |