1. Charlotte "Lotte" Auerbach FRS FRSE was a German geneticist who contributed to founding the science of mutagenesis.
12 Facts About Charlotte Auerbach
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Charlotte Auerbach 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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Charlotte Auerbach was born in Krefeld in Germany, the daughter of Selma Sachs and Friedrich Auerbach.
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Charlotte Auerbach studied biology and chemistry at the universities of Wurzburg, Freiburg and Berlin.
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Charlotte Auerbach was taught and inspired by Karl Michael Haider and Max Hartmann in Berlin, and later in Wurzburg by Hans Kniep.
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In 1929 she abandoned her work with Mangold: he would later join the Nazi party, and Auerbach found his dictatorial manner unpleasant.
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Charlotte Auerbach would stay affiliated to this institute throughout her whole career.
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Charlotte Auerbach spoke with authority, but she did not mind questions, and allowed time for discussions.
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Charlotte Auerbach wrote several books to teach genetics, several of them were translated in other languages.
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Charlotte Auerbach supported the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, was a fierce opponent of apartheid, and a confirmed liberal.
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Charlotte Auerbach was an only child, born into a third-generation Jewish family who had lived for several generations in Breslau.
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Charlotte Auerbach never married and had no children of her own.