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Kurt Mühlethaler

Swiss cell biologist and professor at ETH Zurich (1919-2002)
Person human Q30503733

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
October 17, 1919, October 27, 1919[8]
Date of death
May 17, 2002
Place of birth
Lützelflüh
Place of death
Zurich
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[9]
Occupation
university teacher, cell biologist, biologist
Employer
ETH Zurich[10]
Religion or worldview
reformed[15]
Award received
Marcel Benoist Prize[13]
Doctoral advisor
Albert Frey-Wyssling[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[21]
Family name
Mühlethaler[17]
Given name
Kurt[18]
Member of
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina[14]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Bettenhausen, Bollodingen[19][20]
Student
Hans J. Moor[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kurt Muehlethaler en Kurt Mühlethaler
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000117008816
VIAF cluster ID
119280735, 357146998521818942173
Library of Congress authority ID
n88627643
GND ID
14153897X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
ETH-BIB-Mühlethaler, Kurt (1919-2002)-Portr 11373.tif ↗
Academic Tree ID
92055
BDELIS ID
78511
CONOR.SI ID
249088867
CiNii Research ID
1140845216649048832
DDB person (GND) ID
14153897X
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
14153897X
EMBO member ID
kurt-muhlethaler
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FactGrid item ID
Bogdan Norčič
FotoCH photographer ID
48495
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11fx7vw37x
HDS ID
044424
IdRef ID
074892460
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
14153897X
Leopoldina member ID (new)
kurt-muehlethaler
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
238002
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA15526474
NUKAT ID
n99023237
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007415733805171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
118592912
SHARE Catalogue author ID
94321
SNSF person ID
11386
Scopus author ID
6701317801
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkHv37gJMjbJWX46J94bd

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Summary

Kurt Mühlethaler was born on October 17, 1919[1], in Lützelflüh[2]. He died on May 17, 2002[3], in Zurich[4]. He worked as a university teacher[5], cell biologist[6], and biologist[7].

FAQs

Where was Kurt Mühlethaler born?

Kurt Mühlethaler was born in Lützelflüh[2].

Where did Kurt Mühlethaler die?

Kurt Mühlethaler died in Zurich[4].

What did Kurt Mühlethaler do for work?

Kurt Mühlethaler worked as a university teacher[5], cell biologist[6], and biologist[7].

What awards did Kurt Mühlethaler receive?

Honors received include Marcel Benoist Prize[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.

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