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Max Delbrück

Biophysicist (1906–1981)

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Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German–American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late 1930s. He stimulated physical scientists' interest into biology, especially as to basic research to physically explain genes, mysterious at the time. Formed in 1945 and led by Delbrück along with Salvador Luria and Alfred Hershey, the Phage Group made substantial headway unraveling important aspects of genetics. The three shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses". He was the first physicist to predict what is now called Delbrück scattering.

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Born
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Place of birth
Charlottenburg wd
Died
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Place of death
Pasadena wd
Citizenship
Germany, United States wd
Occupation
geneticist, university teacher, physicist, virologist, biophysicist, astrophysicist wd
Education
University of Göttingen wd
Spouse
Mary Adeline Delbrück wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1969)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1969)
  • EMBO Membership
  • Kimber Genetics Award (1964)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1967)
  • Gregor Mendel Medal (1967)
  • Mendel Medal (1968)

Questions

When was Max Delbrück born?
Max Delbrück was born on 4 September 1906 in Charlottenburg.
Where did Max Delbrück study?
Max Delbrück was educated at University of Göttingen.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Max Delbrück · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q76807 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Maxdelbrück-cr.jpg by The original uploader was MalteAhrens at German Wikipedia . (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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