Etienne Wolff
- Category : Science-Biology
- Type : PE
- Profile : 5/1 - Heretical / Investigator
- Definition : Split - Large
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Revolution 1
Biography
French scientist and educator, Assistant at the Science Faculty of Paris 1928-32 and of Strasbourg, 1932-38. Wolff was Senior lecturer at the University of Strasbourg in 1938 and Professor at the Sciences Faculty in Strasbourg,
1942. He was Director of the Institut d’Embryologie et Tératologie Expérimentales of the C.N.R.S. 1947-75.
A professor in 1955, he was Honorary Professor and Administrator at the Collège de France 1965-75 and President of L’Institut International d’embryologie
1960-68. He was a Member of the Institut, 1963, Member of the National Academy of Medecine, 1966 and foreign academies as well: elected to
the French Academy in 1971.
Wolff was the author of a number of works on embryology, cancer tissues raised in-vitro, etc. He was also President and Honorary President of the French League of animal rights from 1984.
Wolff married on 7/13/1927 and later widowed. He made a second marriage on 3/06/1995.
Died on 11/18/1996.