Alfred Kohn

Alfred Kohn
Tomb of Kohn and his family at New Jewish Cemetery in Prague
Born(1867-02-22)22 February 1867
Libyně, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died15 January 1959(1959-01-15) (aged 91)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Scientific career
Fieldshistology
WorkplacesGerman University in Prague

Alfred Kohn (22 February 1867 – 15 January 1959) was a Czech histologist.

Life and career

He headed the Institute of Histology at the Medical Faculty of German University in Prague for 26 years.[1] He discovered the nature and origin of parathyroid glands and pioneered research on chromaffin cells and sympathetic paraganglia. Kohn's papers covered topics including the pituitary, interstitial cells of testes, and ovaries, all of which relate to endocrinology. All of his studies were based on descriptive and comparative histological and embryological observations. Kohn was twice the dean of German Medical Faculty, and an honorary member of many scientific societies. He was repeatedly nominated for Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine.[1]

Due to his Jewish origin, he was expelled from Deutsche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und Künste für die Tschechoslowakische Republik in 1939 and transported to Theresienstadt Ghetto in Terezín in 1943. After World War II, he lived in Prague. On his 90th birthday, he was elected honorary president of Anatomische Gesellschaft and awarded by the Czechoslovak Order of Labour. Alfred Kohn died in Prague on 15 January 1959.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nanka O, Grim M. Alfred Kohn, profesor histologie na Nĕmecké Univerzitĕ v Praze [Alfred Kohn, professor of histology at German University in Prague]. Cas Lek Cesk. 2008;147(4):240-4. Czech. PMID 18578380.
  • WATZKA, M (June 1959). "[Alfred Kohn.]". Anatomischer Anzeiger. 106. Not Available: 449–57. ISSN 0003-2786. PMID 13843182.
  • SCHEUER-KARPIN (March 1959). "[In memoriam: Prof. Alfred Kohn.]". Das Deutsche Gesundheitswesen. 14 (11). Not Available: 501. ISSN 0012-0219. PMID 13652623.
  • TVAROH, F (March 1957). "[90th Birthday anniversary of Prof. Dr. Alfred Kohn.]". Cas. Lek. Cesk. 96 (11). Not Available: 355–6. ISSN 0008-7335. PMID 13427064.
  • Nanka, O., & Grim, M. (2008). Alfred Kohn, professor histologie na Nĕmecké Univerzitĕ v Praze [Alfred Kohn, professor of histology at German University in Prague]. Casopis lekaru ceskych, 147(4), 240–244.
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