Étienne Wolff
Étienne Wolff | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1904 |
| Died | 18 November 1996 (aged 92) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Lycée Corneille |
| Occupation | Biologist |
| Known for | Member of the Académie Française |
Étienne Wolff (Auxerre, 12 February 1904 – Paris, 18 November 1996) was a French biologist, specialising in experimental and teratological embryology. He led the Société zoologique de France from 1958 and was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1963.
Personal life
[edit]He was educated at the Lycée Pierre-Corneille in Rouen.[1]
Wolff was an advocate of animal rights. He was President of the French League for Animal Rights (1984-1986).[2]
Works
[edit]- Thèses présentées à la Faculté des sciences de l'Université de Strasbourg pour obtenir le grade de docteur ès-sciences naturelles. 1re thèse : Les Bases de la tératogénèse expérimentale des vertébrés amniotes d'après les résultats de méthodes directes. 2e thèse : L'Évolution après l'éclosion des poulets mâles transformés en intersexués par l'hormone femelle injectée aux jeunes embryons (1936)
- Les Changements de sexe (1946)
- La Science des monstres (1948)
- Les Chemins de la vie (1963)
- The Living Organism (1965)
- La poésie funéraire épigraphique à Rome (1971)
- Les Pancrates, nos nouveaux maîtres (1975)
- Dialogues avec mes animaux familiers (1979)
- Trois pattes pour un canard (1990)
References
[edit]- ^ Lycée Pierre Corneille de Rouen - History 27 February 2014.
- ^ "The LFDA and Animal Ethics in France". Retrieved 14 January 2022.
External links
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Categories:
- Members of the Académie Française
- 1904 births
- 1996 deaths
- 20th-century French biologists
- French animal rights activists
- French embryologists
- French people of German descent
- Lycée Pierre-Corneille alumni
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- People from Auxerre
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences