Thaddeus Mann

Who was Thaddeus Mann?

Thaddeus Robert Rudolph Mann was a biochemist who made significant contributions to the field of reproductive biology. Mann was born in Lwow, Austria-Hungary 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 as Rockefeller Research Fellow, 1935-1937, and remained at the University of Cambridge during the rest of his career. He died in Cambridge.

Mann began his career in the laboratory of Professor Jacob Karol Parnas in Poland, where he was involved in research on glycolysis and muscle energy metabolism.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1951.