1. Hans Zinsser was an American physician, bacteriologist, and prolific author.
12 Facts About Hans Zinsser
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Hans Zinsser is remembered especially for his 1935 book, Rats, Lice and History.
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The son of German immigrants, Zinsser was born in New York City in 1878.
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Hans Zinsser attended Timothy Dwight School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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Hans Zinsser received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1899 and completed both a master's degree and a doctorate in medicine there in 1903.
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Hans Zinsser taught as an exchange professor and worked with the American Red Cross in France, Russia, Serbia and China, and was noted for his work in typhus and immunology.
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Hans Zinsser was awarded the Order of St Sava of Serbia and the Legion of Honour in France.
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Hans Zinsser wrote several books about biology and bacteria, notably Rats, Lice and History, a "biography" of typhus fever.
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Hans Zinsser had a strong influence on the work of Albert Coons, who developed the technique of immunohistochemistry.
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Hans Zinsser was a mentor to, and colleague of, John Franklin Enders, who was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Hans Zinsser was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1923, the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1924, and the American Philosophical Society in 1937.
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Hans Zinsser is interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.