Friedrich Otto Vogel (6 March 1925,
Berlin – 5 August 2006,
Heidelberg) was a German
human geneticist
Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population g ...
. Together with
Arno Motulsky he established in 1964 the journal
''Human Genetics'', of which he remained
editor-in-chief for more than 25 years. He was a member of the
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (German: ''Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften''), established in 1909 in Heidelberg, Germany, is an assembly of scholars and scientists in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
The Academ ...
. In 1962, Vogel was named
professor of human genetics and founding chair of the Institute of Anthropology and Human Genetics at
Heidelberg University. Vogel became the leading German human geneticist and played a significant role in the rehabilitation of this field after the misuse of
genetics by the
Nazi regime (1932-1945).
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1925 births
2006 deaths
German geneticists
Academic staff of Heidelberg University
Academic journal editors
Human geneticists
Free University of Berlin alumni
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany