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Alfred Kühn

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German zoologist and geneticist (1885-1968)

GermanyAcademicsLived 1885 to 1968 · aged 83
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Alfred Richard Wilhelm Kühn was a German zoologist and geneticist. A student of August Weismann, he was one of the pioneers of developmental biology.

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Awards 3

1965Harnack medal
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

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About this person

Alfred Richard Wilhelm Kühn was a German zoologist and geneticist. A student of August Weismann, he was one of the pioneers of developmental biology. At a period when biology was largely descriptive, he collaborated with zoologists, botanists, organic chemists, and physicists conducting interdisciplinary studies, examining sensory biology, behaviour, and biochemistry through experiments on organisms.

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Germany
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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1968 · aged 83
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