Theodor Boveri

Theodor Heinrich Boveri was a German zoologist, comparative anatomist and co-founder of modern cytology. He was notable for the first hypothesis regarding cellular processes that cause cancer, and for describing chromatin diminution in nematodes. Boveri was married to the American biologist Marcella O'Grady (1863–1950). Their daughter Margret Boveri (1900–1975) became one of the best-known post-war German journalists.

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General Info

Male

Date of Birth

October 12nd, 1862

Age

162

Birth Place

Germany, Bavaria

Date of Death

October 15th, 1915

Died Aged