Person Auerbach; Charlotte (1899 - 1994); geneticist Auerbach Charlotte geneticist Lotte 1899 - 1994 German Female Krefeld, Germany, Europe 14/05/1899 18990514 Abbeyfield Home, Polwarth Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland 17/03/1994 19940317 Cremation: Mortonhall crematorium, Edinburgh, Scotland (23 March 1994)

Edinburgh (1933-1994); 9 Fountainhall Rd, Edinburgh (1954)

geneticist Mutagenesis Zoology Genetics Mutation genetics Education: Auguste-Viktoria Schule in Berlin-Charlottenburg; University of Würzburg; University of Freiburg; University of Berlin chemistry and physics (1924); began PhD in Germany, completed in Edinburgh; DSc (1947) Career: Taught in schools in Berlin; fled Nazi 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 (1947); moved to Abbeyfield Home in Polwarth Terrace, Edinburgh (1989). Her ashes were scattered at Rhu, near Arisaig, on the west coast of Scotland. Memberships: FRSE (1949) Awards/Medals: Keith Medal 1945 Mendel Medal 1977 Parents: Friedrich (Fritz) Auerbach (1870–1925), chemist, Berlin, and Selma, née Sachs (d. 1955), daughter of a general practitioner from Jauer. Grandfather: Leopold Auerbach (1828-1897), anatomist, who discovered the 'Auerbach's plexus' in the human intestine. Distinguished for her contributions to genetics, particularly in the field of mutation. With Dr Robson, she was responsible for the first successful induction of mutations by chemical means, thus opening up a large new field of study. She unofficially adopted two children, Michael Avern, child of a German-speaking companion to her own elderly mother, who had escaped to Britain and Angelo Alecci, a poor Siclian boy via the Save the Children Fund. Supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Medals and prizes: Darwin Medal 1976 Fellow 21/03/1957 58 Peter Brian Medawar Reginald Ruggles Gates Robert Russell Race Otto Herzberg Frankel Lionel Sharples Penrose John Burdon Sanderson Haldane Edmund Brisco Ford Cyril Dean Darlington Sydney Cross Harland Conrad Hal Waddington Sources: Obituaries: Times (21 March 1994), Guardian (02 April 1994); DNB Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1995 vol 41 pp 19-42, plate, by G H Beale Auerbach C, IM000158.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1995.0002 RCN R72895 RCN R72871 RCN R72872 RCN R72863 RCN R72899 RCN R72894 RCN 16537 RCN R72881 RCN 16539 RCN 16538 RCN 25658 RCN 8293 RCN R72885 RCN R72858 RCN R72859 RCN 16540 RCN R72892 14 May 1899 - 17 Mar 1994 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 18/12/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5863 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 98d5b014-23a3-4fd3-a74a-e98697dcc5a8