Thaddeus Robert Rudolph Mann CBE FRS (4 December 1908 – 27 November 1993) was a
biochemist who made significant contributions to the field of
reproductive biology
Reproductive biology includes both sexual and asexual reproduction.
Reproductive biology includes a wide number of fields:
* Reproductive systems
* Endocrinology
* Sexual development (Puberty)
* Sexual maturity
* Reproduction
* Fertility
Human ...
. Mann was born in
Lwow
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,
Austria-Hungary
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(now
Ukraine
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) and was educated at
Lwow University. He studied medicine at the
Johannes Casimirus University in Lwow, obtaining the degrees of Physician in 1932 and Doctor of Medicine in 1934.
He continued his education at the
Molteno Institute,
Cambridge
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on a
Rockefeller Fellowship
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, 1935-1937, and remained at the
University of Cambridge
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during the rest of his career. He died in Cambridge.
[
Mann began his career in the laboratory of Professor Jacob Karol Parnas (1884-1949) in Poland, where he was involved in research on glycolysis and muscle energy metabolism.][
He was elected a ]Fellow of the Royal Society
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in 1951.
He was married to Cecilia Lutwak-Mann, an endocrinologist and physiologist.
Publications
Thaddeus Mann published more than 250 papers, and several books.[
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Further reading
*Ostrowski WS (1990) Thaddeus Mann. Life and work. Andrologia. 1990;22 Suppl 1:3–9.
References
External links
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1993 deaths
1908 births
Fellows of the Royal Society
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