Paula Julie Elisabeth Hertwig was a German biologist and politician.
12 Facts About Paula Hertwig
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Paula Hertwig was the first biologist at a German university.
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Paula Hertwig is one of the founders of radiation genetics alongside Emmy Stein.
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Paula Julie Elisabeth Hertwig was born in Berlin on 11 October 1889.
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Paula Hertwig was the daughter of Oscar Hertwig, a university professor; sister of the anatomist, Gunther Hertwig; and niece of the zoologist, Richard Hertwig.
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Paula Hertwig graduated from high school in 1908, at the Realgymnasium.
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Paula Hertwig studied zoology, botany, and chemistry at the University of Berlin, medical PhD.
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From 1916 to 1921, Paula Hertwig was an unpaid zoology assistant in her father's Anatomical Institute.
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Paula Hertwig habilitated in 1919, as the first woman at the then Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Berlin in the field of zoology.
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Paula Hertwig, who belonged to the German Democratic Party, was elected in 1932 as Member of Parliament in the Prussian Landtag and in February 1933 again as a deputy in the last Prussian Landtag.
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In 1972, Paula Hertwig moved to Villingen-Schwenningen in the Black Forest.
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Paula Hertwig is one of the founders of radiation genetics alongside Emmy Stein.