Alfred Kühn

Alfred Richard Wilhelm Kühn was a German geneticist, zoologist, and entomologist who also worked as a university teacher. Born in Baden-Baden in 1885, he earned a doctorate under the supervision of August Weismann, Johannes von Kries, and Karl Heider. He was employed by the University of Tübingen, the University of Freiburg, the University of Göttingen, and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His professional work locations included Freiburg im Breisgau, Tübingen, Dahlem, and Göttingen.

Kühn was a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Harnack medal and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died in Tübingen in 1968. His author citation in zoology is Kühn.