Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Dr. Otto Loewi. Nobel Prize Winner, Dies in New York; Held by Nazis
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Otto Loewi
Otto Loewi was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter. For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment. Loewi met Dale in 1902 when spending some months in Ern…
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Born 3 June 1873 · Died 25 December 1961 · Q77173
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2019· 1 entry
Nature: Prof. Otto Loewi, For.Mem.R.S.
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2013· 1 entry
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Dr. Otto Loewi, Nobel Prize Winner, Marks Seventieth Birthday
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1983· 1 entry
Where it currently resides, along with a bronze copy of a bust of Loewi
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1961· 2 entries
Died 1961-12-25.
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Won Carl-Ludwig Honorary Medal (1961).
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1959).
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded Schmiedeberg Badge (1957).
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1954· 3 entries
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1954).
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1957: Schmiedeberg badge of the German Pharmacological Society
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Became a Foreign Member of the Royal Society
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1947· 1 entry
Career landmark: Participated in Einsatzgruppen Trial (tournament / event).
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1946· 1 entry
Loewi became a naturalized citizen of the United States
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1936· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1936).
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Which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment
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1924· 1 entry
Awarded Lieben Prize (1924).
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1921· 1 entry
Loewi investigated how vital organs respond to chemical and electrical stimulation
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1909· 1 entry
Was appointed to the Chair of Pharmacology in Graz
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1905· 1 entry
Loewi became Associate Professor at Meyer's laboratory and received Austrian citizenship
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1903· 1 entry
Accepted an appointment at the University of Graz in Austria, where he would remain until being forced out of the country in 1938
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1902· 2 entries
When spending some months in Ernest Starling's laboratory at University College, London
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Loewi was a guest researcher in Ernest Starling's laboratory in London, where he met his lifelong friend Henry Dale
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1898· 1 entry
Became an assistant of Professor Hans Horst Meyer, the renowned pharmacologist at the University of Marburg
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1891· 1 entry
Where he attended courses by famous professors Gustav Schwalbe, Oswald Schmiedeberg, and Bernhard Naunyn among others
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1873· 1 entry
Born 1873-06-03.
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