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Adolf Butenandt

Native name: Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt

Also known as: Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt

Place of birth:

Bremerhaven Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1903-03-24 • Birth Sign: Aries

Citizenship:

Germany

Death date:

1995-01-18 (91 years old)

Short Bio:

Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (; 24 March 1903, Lehe near Bremerhaven – 18 January 1995, Munich) was a German biochemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 for his "work on sex hormones." He initially rejected the award in accordance with government policy, but accepted it in 1949 after World War II. He was President of the Max Planck Society from 1960 to 1972. He was also the first, in 1959, to discover the structure of the sex pheromone of silkworms, which he named bombykol.

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Politics and public service Science and academia biochemist chemist politician university teacher Bremerhaven Germany