Benirschke, Kurt
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Birth Date
- 1924-05-26
Death Date
- 2018-09-13
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1960
- Affiliation End: 1970
- Organization: Dartmouth Medical School
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1970
- Affiliation End: 1994
- Organization: University of California, San Diego. School of Medicine
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1976
- Affiliation End: 1987
- Organization: Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species
Birth Place
- Glückstadt (Germany)
Associated Language
- English
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- found: His The pathology of the human placenta, 1967.
- found: NLM files, 2-15-84(hdg.: Benirschke, Kurt, 1924-)
- found: Wikipedia, Sept. 14, 2018(Kurt Benirschke (May 26, 1924 - September 13, 2018) was a German American pathologist, geneticist and expert on the placenta and reproduction in humans and myriad mammalian species; grew up in Glückstadt, Germany; M.D. degree from the University of Hamburg. He immigrated to the United States in 1949; chairman of the Department of Pathology at Dartmouth Medical School, 1960-1970; moved to the medical school at University of California, San Diego in 1970, retired in 1994; head of the Center for the Reproduction of Endangered Species at the San Diego Zoo, 1976-1987; Throughout his career, he moved freely back and forth between human medicine and animal medicine; died in San Diego, Calif.; fields: pathology, genetics, conservation)
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- 1980-03-28: new
- 2023-08-29: revised
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