Lewis Victor Heilbrunn (January 24, 1892 – October 1959) was an influential American

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. Heilbrunn was awarded a

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in 1927, and on his return from Europe began teaching at the

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, a position he would hold for 30 years. His ''Outline of General Physiology'' (first edition 1937) became a standard foundational text in the field.

Selected works

* ''The colloid chemistry of protoplasm'', Berlin, Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1928 * ''An outline of general physiology'', Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1937 (second edition 1943; third edition 1952) * ''Protoplasmatologia; Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung'', Vienna, Springer, 1953 * ''The dynamics of living protoplasm'', New York, Academic Press 1956

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1892 births 1959 deaths Scientists from Brooklyn American biologists University of Pennsylvania faculty 20th-century biologists {{US-biologist-stub