Viktor Hamburger
| Viktor Hamburger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 9, 1900 Landeshut, Silesia |
| Died | June 12, 2001 (aged 100) St. Louis, Missouri |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Embryology |
| Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Alma mater | University of Freiburg |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Spemann |
| Known for | Nerve growth factor |
Viktor Hamburger (July 9, 1900 – June 12, 2001) was a German professor and embryologist. In 1951 he co-authored the Hamburger-Hamilton stages. Hamburger lectured, among others, Nobel Prize-winning neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who identified nerve growth factor along with Hamburger when they collaborated. Hamburger began to work at Washington University in St. Louis in 1935; he retired from his professor position in 1969 and continued researching until the 1980s.
Hamburger was born on July 9, 1900 in Landeshut, Silesia, Germany to Max Hamburger and Else Gradenwitz.
In the 1960s, Hamburger did embryological work that established that chick movements in embryo were spontaneous patterns, a finding that contradicted contemporary assertions of behavioral psychologists.
Hamburger later revisited nerve growth factor, demonstrating that it was required for the maintenance of neural cells.
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