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Adolf Butenandt
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Adolf Butenandt

1903 – 1995 · aged 92

German biochemist (1903-1995)

Born
24 Mar 1903 · Lehe
Died
18 Jan 1995 · Munich

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 24 Mar 1903BornBorn in Lehe
  2. 1935AwardEmil Fischer Medal
  3. 1935AwardFresenius Prize
  4. 1939AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
  5. 1942AwardAugust Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal
  6. 1942AwardWar Merit Cross
  7. 1943AwardCarus medal
  8. 1957AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Graz
  9. 1959AwardKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  10. 1962AwardPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
  11. 1963AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
  12. 1963AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Vienna
  13. 1964AwardAustrian Decoration for Science and Art
  14. 18 Jan 1995DiedDied in Munich

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1903 – 1995).

  1. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  2. 1914 – 1918World War I
  3. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  4. 1917Balfour Declaration
  5. 1917February Revolution
  6. 1917October Revolution
  7. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  8. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  9. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  10. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  11. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  12. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  13. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  14. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1938Munich Agreement
  16. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  17. 1939 – 1945World War II
  18. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  19. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  20. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  21. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  22. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  23. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  24. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  25. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  27. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  28. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  30. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  31. 1956Suez Crisis
  32. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  34. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  36. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  38. 1968Prague Spring
  39. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  40. 19721972 Summer Olympics

Biography

Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (German pronunciation: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈbuːtənant] ; 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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