Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer

Physician

1896 – 1969

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Who was Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer?

Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer was a German human biologist and eugenicist concerned primarily with "racial hygiene" and twin research. He was the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics in Berlin and the Institute for Genetic Biology and Racial Hygiene.

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Born
Jul 16, 1896
Wildeck
Also known as
  • Dr. Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Employment
  • University of Münster
Died
Aug 8, 1969
Münster

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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