Aryeh Leo Olitzki ( he, אריה ליאו אוליצקי; 4 June 1898 – 1983) was an Israeli
bacteriologist
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.
Biography
Aryeh Olitzki was born in 1898 in
Allenstein,
East Prussia,
Germany
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(now
Olsztyn
Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini''
* Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...
,
Poland
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). He studied medicine at the universities of
Berlin
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and
Breslau, and was appointed assistant at the Institute of Hygiene of the University of Breslau, from where he obtained his doctorate.
In 1924, he
immigrated
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to
Mandate Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...
.
Olitzki headed the bacteriology laboratories at the
Hadassah Hospital,
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
and in
Safed.
Hadassah Physicians Honored With the "Laureates in Medicine" Israel Prize
''Hadassah International'', 20 June 2011 In 1928, he joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and became a professor in 1949, and dean of the Medical School from 1961 to 1965.
Awards and recognition
* In 1967, Olitzki was awarded the Israel Prize, in medicine.Beersheba
Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...
is named after him.
Published works
* ''Yesodot Torat ha-Ḥaidakkim ve-ha-Ḥasinut'' (A. L. Olitzki and N. Grossowicz), a textbook on microbiology and immunology in two volumes (1964–68)
See also
* List of Israel Prize recipients
References
External links
Olitzki, Aryeh Leo (a biography)
Jewish Virtual Library
Antigenic Structures Of Haemophilus Aegyptius and Haemophilus Influenzae Demonstrated by the Gel Precipitation Technique, by Aryeh Leo Olitzki and Ada Sulitzeanu
Journal of Bacteriology website
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1898 births
1983 deaths
People from Olsztyn
People from East Prussia
20th-century German Jews
20th-century German people
German emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
University of Breslau alumni
Academic staff of the University of Breslau
Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israeli bacteriologists
Israel Prize in medicine recipients
Burials at Har HaMenuchot