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Adolf Butenandt

Also known as Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt

German biochemist (1903-1995)

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Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt was a German biochemist, chemist, politician, and university teacher. He was educated at the University of Marburg and the University of Göttingen. His professional career included positions at the University of Tübingen, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. He worked in Gdańsk, Munich, and Tübingen.

Butenandt received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Harnack medal, and the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was also a member of the Nazi Party.

Born in Bremerhaven in 1903, he died in Munich in 1995. He was buried in Munich Forest Cemetery. His doctoral advisor was Adolf Windaus. He spoke German.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Adolf Butenandt is referenced by 409 other articles, and connects out to Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Leopold Ružička and sex steroid.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1939
“for his work on sex hormones”
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Friedrich
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Bremerhaven
Place of death: Munich
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: University of Göttingen
Employer: University of Marburg
Political party: Nazi Party
Languages spoken: German
Academic degree: honorary doctorate
Doctoral advisor: Adolf Windaus
Student of: Adolf Windaus
Field of work: organic chemistry
Image: A. Butenandt 1921.jpg
Work location: Tübingen

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member of: Japan Academy
date of birth: 1903-03-24
date of death: 1995-01-18
Commons category: Adolf Butenandt
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
name in native language: Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt
place of burial: Munich Forest Cemetery
P8168: connecting rod
interested in: biochemistry

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Encyclopedic overview

Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt ( German pronunciation: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈbuːtənant] ; 24 March 1903, Lehe near Bremerhaven – 18 January 1995, Munich) was a German biochemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 for his "work on sex hormones." He initially rejected the award in accordance with government policy, but accepted it in 1949 after World War II. He was President of the Max Planck Society from 1960 to 1972. He was also the first, in 1959, to discover the structure of the sex pheromone of silkworms, which he named bombykol.

Education and early life

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