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Dr. Otto Loewi

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Death: December 25, 1961 (88)
New York, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jacob (Jacques) Loewi and Anna Loewi
Husband of Guida Henrietta Loewi
Father of Harold Low; Anna Amalie Weiss; Viktor Loewi and Guido (Geoffrey) Wilhelm William Loewi (Low)
Brother of Helene Pincus
Half brother of Fanny Alice Gotthelft

Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1936
Managed by: Margaret Rose Bloebaum
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About Dr. Otto Loewi

Biographical Summary

Loewi, Otto. 03/06/1873-25/12/1961. Ref: 3275. Male.

  • Place of Birth: Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany.
  • Place of Death: New York, USA.
  • Profession: Pharmacologist.
  • Appointments Held: Asst 1898, Privat-Dozent,Associate Prof-1904, Pharmacology, Marburg Univ; 1904-9, Vienna Univ; Prof 1909-38, Pharmacology, Graz Univ, Austria; Researcher 1939-40, Pharmacology, Oxford Univ; Research Professor 1940-61, Pharmacology, New York Univ. USA.
  • Schools and Tutors: Frankfurt Gymnasium.
  • Undergraduate Studies: Graduated Strassburg University, Munich University.
  • Mother: Anna Willstaedter.
  • Father: Jakob Loewi, wine merchant, Frankfurt-am-Main.
  • References: RSE Year Book 1963, 26-8; Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society,8, 1962, 67-84 signed H.H.Dale, (portrait), 84-9 catalogue of publications; Who Was Who 6.
  • Memberships: FRS (Foreign 1954).
  • Date of Election: 03/07/1939.
  • Proposers: Proposed by Council as Honorary Foreign Fellow, Announced 1/5/1939.
  • Notes: Joint Nobel Laureate,Physiology & Medicine 1936.
  • Fellow Type: HF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 552

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Dr. Otto Loewi's Timeline

1873
June 3, 1873
Frankfurt a. M., Germany
1909
September 11, 1909
Graz, Styria, Austria
1911
January 26, 1911
Graz, Styria, Austria
1913
June 23, 1913
Graz, Styria, Austria
1915
July 15, 1915
Graz, Styria, Austria
1961
December 25, 1961
Age 88
New York, New York, United States
1962
1962
Age 88
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States