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Charlotte Auerbach

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Geneticist, author (1899-1994)

United KingdomScientistsLived 1899 to 1994 · aged 94
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Charlotte "Lotte" Auerbach FRS FRSE was a German geneticist who contributed to founding the science of mutagenesis. She became well known after 1942 when she discovered, with A. J. Clark and J. M. Robson, that mustard gas could cause mutations in fruit flies.

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Awards 6

1977Mendel Medal
1976Darwin Medal
1975Honorary doctor of Leiden University
1957Fellow of the Royal Society
1949Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
1945Keith Medal

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Charlotte "Lotte" Auerbach FRS FRSE was a German geneticist who contributed to founding the science of mutagenesis. She became well known after 1942 when she discovered, with A. J. Clark and J. M. Robson, that mustard gas could cause mutations in fruit flies. She wrote 91 scientific papers, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Royal Society of London.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
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Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1899 to 1994 · aged 94
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22 languages

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