Gerta von Ubisch

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Gerta von Ubisch (3 October 1882 in Metz – 1965)[1][2] was a German physicist, geneticist, and botanist. She studied barley and found a genetic explanation for heterostyly.[3] In 1933 she lost her position at Heidelberg University because of her Jewish heritage.[4][5][6]

She had a brother, zoologist Leopold von Ubisch (1886–1965).[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Deichmann, Ute (1996). Biologists Under Hitler. Harvard University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-674-07405-7. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b Charpa, Ulrich; Deichmann, Ute (2007). Jews and Sciences in German Contexts: Case Studies from the 19th and 20th Centuries. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-16-149121-4. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ^ Ubisch, Gerta von (1908). "Il Beitrag zu einer Faktorenanalyse von Gerste". Zeitschrift für induktive Abstammungs- und Vererbungslehre. 20. Berlin : Springer-Verlag: 65–117. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1312–1313. ISBN 9780415920407. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ Deichmann, Ute (1999). Biologists Under Hitler. Harvard University Press. pp. 52–58. ISBN 9780674074057. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  6. ^ Remy, Steven P. (2002). The Heidelberg Myth: The Nazification and Denazification of a German University. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674009332. Retrieved 16 September 2018.