Viktor Hamburger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Viktor Hamburger

German embryologist

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1900

Place of Birth: Kamienna Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 12-Jun-2001

Profession: scientist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Viktor Hamburger (July 9, 1900 – June 12, 2001) was a German professor and embryologist.
In 1951 he co-authored the Hamburger-Hamilton stages.
Hamburger lectured, among others, Nobel Prize-winning neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who identified nerve growth factor along with Hamburger when they collaborated.
Hamburger began to work at Washington University in St.
Louis in 1935; he retired from his professor position in 1969 and continued researching until the 1980s.