Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924

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Dates:
Birth 1859-04-07
Death 1924-02-11
Americans
English, German

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Physiologist and educator.

From the description of Jacques Loeb papers, 1889-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448837

Physiologist; at this time, at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York City.

From the description of Correspondence to Morley Roberts, 1919. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 642924222

Biographical Note

1859, Apr. 7 Born, Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate 1884 M.D., University of Strasburg, Strasburg, France 1886 1888 Assistant at physiological institute, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany 1888 1892 Assistant in physiology, University of Strasburg, Strasburg, France 1890 Married Anne Leonard 1891 Immigrated to America 1891 1892 Professor, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 1892 1902 Assistant professor of physiology and experimental biology, becoming associate professor in 1895, and professor of physiology in 1899, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1899 Using sea urchin larvae, began groundbreaking research on cell division and the transmission of hereditary traits 1902 1910 Professor of physiology, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 1912 Published The Mechanistic Conception of Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1910 1924 Member, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, N.Y. 1918 Founded Journal of General Physiology 1924, Feb. 11 Died, Hamilton, Bermuda

From the guide to the Jacques Loeb Papers, 1889-1924, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Biochemistry
  • Biology
  • Bryology
  • Bryophytes
  • Chemistry
  • Colloids
  • Frogs
  • Gelatin
  • Genetics
  • Osmosis
  • Proteins
  • Tropisms
  • Zoology

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  • Educators
  • Physiologists

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