Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (1903-1995) was a German biochemist awarded the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on sex hormones; he initially declined the prize under government policy and accepted it only after the Second World War. He later served as president of the Max Planck Society from 1960 to 1972, and in 1959 his laboratory identified bombykol, the sex pheromone of the silkworm moth.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account FieldSourced to the subject's own account Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountAwarded the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work isolating and characterizing sex hormones, and in 1959 identified bombykol, the sex pheromone of the silkworm moth. 1 BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountLehe, near Bremerhaven, Germany 1 In the Other Atlases
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Born in Lehe, near Bremerhaven, he started his studies at Marburg University.
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