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Science & Medicine

Richard Goldschmidt

Who

Richard Goldschmidt · Science & Medicine

What

Geneticist who advanced ideas on sex determination and macroevolution.

When

1878, Frankfurt am Main, Germany — 1958, Berkeley, California, United States

Where

Germany · United States

Biography

Richard Goldschmidt is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geneticist who advanced ideas on sex determination and macroevolution.

How & why

Richard Goldschmidt was a geneticist who made major contributions to the study of sex determination and to evolutionary theory, best known for his controversial 'hopeful monster' idea of macroevolution through large mutations. Born into a Jewish family in Frankfurt, he fled Nazi Germany in 1936 and continued his career at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

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Geneticist who advanced ideas on sex determination and macroevolution.

1878

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology