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<html> <head> <title>University of Freiburg</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> University of Freiburg EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg Location: <a href="/geo/926/000091653/" class=proflink>Freiburg, Germany</a> Founding Date: 1457Motto: Die Weisheit hat sich ein Haus erbautEnrollment: 20,000Official Website: <a href="http://www.uni-freiburg.de/">http://www.uni-freiburg.de/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/802/000028718/">Konrad Adenauer</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1967</tt></td> <td>Chancellor of West Germany, 1949-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/703/000059526/">Richard V. Allen</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Reagan National Security Advisor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000107750/">Hannah Arendt</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1975</tt></td> <td>Origins of Totalitarianism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/258/000125880/">Robert Bárány</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1936</tt></td> <td>Studied inner ear, equilibrium system</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/885/000206267/">Hildegard Behrens</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-2009</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000167693/">Ludwig Biermann</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1986</tt></td> <td>Solar winds</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/754/000113415/">Rudolf Carnap</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1970</tt></td> <td>The Logical Syntax of Language</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/465/000166964/">Gerhard Casper</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Stanford University, 1992-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/482/000398285/">Archibald Cary Coolidge</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1866</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1928</tt></td> <td>The United States as a World Power</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/902/000140482/">Alfred Döblin</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1957</tt></td> <td>Berlin Alexanderplatz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000094381/">Johann Eck</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1486</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1543</tt></td> <td>Martin Luther's Catholic opponent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/238/000086977/">Paul Ehrlich</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1915</tt></td> <td>Father of chemotherapy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/836/000089569/">Konstantin Fehrenbach</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1926</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor 1920-21</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/222/000029135/">Hans Filbinger</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-2007</tt></td> <td>Disgraced German politician</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000165130/">Romano Guardini</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Roman Catholic theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000103665/">Ludwig Haetzer</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1500</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1529</tt></td> <td>Translator of Prophets</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/071/000059891/">Martin Heidegger</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1976</tt></td> <td>Being and Time</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/555/000129168/">Philip S. Hench</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1965</tt></td> <td>Adrenocortical hormones</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/235/000099935/">George de Hevesy</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1966</tt></td> <td>Radioisotope researcher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/741/000204129/">Johannes Holtfreter</a></td> <td><center>Zoologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1992</tt></td> <td>Chemotaxis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/667/000271851/">Karen Horney</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Dec-1952</tt></td> <td>Disputed Freud's concept of "penis envy"</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000170000/">Karl Jaspers</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1883</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1969</tt></td> <td>Existential thinker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000099551/">J. Hans D. Jensen</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1973</tt></td> <td>Shell nuclear model</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000170023/">Hans Jonas</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1993</tt></td> <td>Gnostic philosopher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/542/000132146/">Georges J.F. Köhler</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1995</tt></td> <td>Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000129232/">Hans Krebs</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1981</tt></td> <td>Tricarboxylic acid cycle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/353/000117999/">Kurt Lewin</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1947</tt></td> <td>Field theorist, group dynamicist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/431/000099134/">Karl Mannheim</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1947</tt></td> <td>Ideology and Utopia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/318/000114973/">Herbert Marcuse</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1979</tt></td> <td>One-Dimensional Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/705/000126327/">Otto Meyerhof</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1951</tt></td> <td>Glycogen-lactic acid cycle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/793/000100493/">Mario J. Molina</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ozone depletion</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/876/000168372/">Cameron Munter</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Serbia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000133795/">Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Embryonic development of fruit flies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/794/000159317/">Erwin Panofsky</a></td> <td><center>Art Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Studies in Iconology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/502/000179962/">Karl Rahner</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1984</tt></td> <td>Leading Roman Catholic theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/669/000094387/">Johann Reuchlin</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1455</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1522</tt></td> <td>German humanist and Hebraist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/437/000115092/">James Harvey Robinson</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1863</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1936</tt></td> <td>The Mind in the Making</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000133462/">Bert Sakmann</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cellular ion channels</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/060/000098763/">Wolfgang Schäuble</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CDU Chairman, 1998-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000196198/">Zalman Shazar</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1974</tt></td> <td>President of Israel, 1963-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/740/000099443/">Otto Stern</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1969</tt></td> <td>Molecular beam experiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/423/000048279/">Leo Strauss</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1973</tt></td> <td>Patron saint of Neoconservatism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/852/000092576/">Chaim Weizmann</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1952</tt></td> <td>First President of Israel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/373/000100073/">Adolf Windaus</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1959</tt></td> <td>Investigated cholesterol, Vitamin D</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/832/000089565/">Joseph Wirth</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1956</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/305/000176774/">Harald zur Hausen</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Papilloma virus</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000024175/">F. A. Hayek</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1992</tt></td> <td>Austrian economist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/071/000059891/">Martin Heidegger</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1976</tt></td> <td>Being and Time</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/235/000099935/">George de Hevesy</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1885</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1966</tt></td> <td>Radioisotope researcher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000129232/">Hans Krebs</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1981</tt></td> <td>Tricarboxylic acid cycle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/152/000206531/">Friedrich Mohs</a></td> <td><center>Geologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1773</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1839</tt></td> <td>Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/309/000127925/">Hans Spemann</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jun-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1941</tt></td> <td>Experimental embryology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/452/000100152/">Hermann Staudinger</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1881</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1965</tt></td> <td>Macromolecular chemistry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/299/000099002/">Max Weber</a></td> <td><center>Sociologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1864</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1920</tt></td> <td>The Protestant Ethic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/747/000091474/">August Weismann</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1834</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1914</tt></td> <td>Theory of Germ Plasm</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/852/000092576/">Chaim Weizmann</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1952</tt></td> <td>First President of Israel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/370/000100070/">Heinrich Wieland</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1957</tt></td> <td>Studied acids of bile</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/627/000100327/">Georg Wittig</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1987</tt></td> <td>Wittig Reaction</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=68530" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/310/000003301/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/310/3301/s3301.jpg" width=128> Campaigns & economic failures</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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