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Authorised form of nameLoewi; Otto (1873 - 1961)
Dates1873 - 1961
Place of birthFrankfurt am Main, Germany
Date of birth03 June 1873
Place of deathNew York, New York, USA
Date of death25/12/1961
Research fieldPharmacology
Physiology
ActivityMedals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1936
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election29/04/1954
RSActivityLectures:
Ferrier 1935
SourceSources:
DSB
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1962 vol 8 pp 67-89, plate, by H H Dale
References:
W D M Paton, 'Sir Henry Dale (1875-1968): Some Letters and Papers' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 231-248
CodeNA7515
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
GLB/9Special Lecture on Otto Loewi1962
GLB/65/66/33Otto Loewi, New York to Brown2 May 1959
GLB/65/66/36Brown to Otto Loewi, New York13 February 1961
GLB/65/66/34Otto Loewi, New York to Brown9 February 1961
M/258Loewi, Otto 1936
GLB/71Pencil drawing of Otto Loewi by P Carvallo1942
OLPapers of Otto Loewi1917-1960
EC/1954/27Loewi, Otto: certificate of election to the Royal Society
HD/25/21Presentation album for Henry Dale on his retirement from the National Institute for Medical Research 30 September 1942
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