| Authorised form of name | Auerbach; Charlotte (1899 - 1994) |
| Dates | 1899 - 1994 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Krefeld, Germany |
| Date of birth | 14 May 1899 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |
| Date of death | 17/03/1994 |
| Research field | Mutation genetics |
| Activity | Education:
Graduated in chemistry and physics (1924); began PhD in Germany, completed in Edinburgh; DSc (1947)
Career:
Taught in schools in Berlin; left Germany for England (1933); worked at Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh, Lecturer (1947-1957), Reader (1957-1967); studied mustard gas (from 1940) and published the work (1946); set up the Medical Research Council Mutagenesis Research Unit, Edinburgh (1959); Professor, Edinburgh University (1967-1969); wrote a book of fairy tales 'Adventures of Rosalund' under the psyeudonym Charlotte Austen
Memberships:
FRSE (1949)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1957 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Darwin Medal 1976 |
| Relationships | Father was physical chemist; grandfather discovered 'Auerbach's plexus' in the human intestine; unmarried |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries: Times (21 March 1994), Guardian (02 April 1994)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1995 vol 41 pp 19-42, plate, by G H Beale |
| Code | NA5863 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1957/03 | Auerbach, Charlotte: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/000158 | Auerbach, Charlotte | nd |
| IM/000159 | Auerbach, Charlotte | 1984 |