1. Hans Spemann was born in Stuttgart, the eldest son of publisher Wilhelm Spemann and his wife Lisinka, nee Hoffman.
14 Facts About Hans Spemann
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In 1892 Hans Spemann married Klara Binder with whom he had a daughter and three sons.
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Hans Spemann then observed how the remaining blastomere developed, and found that it became a half embryo.
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In 1892 Hans Spemann Driesch performed similar experiments on sea urchin embryos, but instead of killing one of the two blastomeres he put many embryos in a tube and shook it to separate the cells.
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Hans Spemann reported that, contrary to Roux's findings, he ended up with completely formed but smaller embryos.
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Hans Spemann succeeded in dividing the cells with a noose of baby hair.
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Hans Spemann found that one half could indeed form a whole embryo, but observed that the plane of division was crucial.
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Hans Spemann was appointed Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at Rostock in 1908 and, in 1914, associate director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Biology at Dahlem, Berlin.
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From 1919 Hans Spemann was Professor of Zoology at the University of Freiburg-im-Breisgau, where he continued his line of enquiry until in 1937 he was relieved of his post to be replaced by one of his first students, Otto Mangold.
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Hans Spemann was elected an International Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1925.
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Hans Spemann was elected an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1933.
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Hans Spemann was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1937.
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Hans Spemann died of heart failure on 12 September 1941.
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Hans Spemann never lost his love of classical literature and, throughout his life, organized evening gatherings of friends to discuss art, literature, and philosophy.