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'''Hans Zinsser''' (November 17, 1878 – September 4, 1940) was an [[United States|American]] [[bacteriologist]] and a prolific author.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Summers WC |title=Hans Zinsser: a tale of two cultures |journal=The Yale journal of biology and medicine |volume=72 |issue=5 |pages=341–7 |year=1999 |pmid=11049165 |doi= |pmc=2579027}}</ref> The son of German immigrants, Zinsser was born in New York City in 1878. Zinsser received his undergraduate degree from [[Columbia University]] in 1899 and completed both a masters degree and a doctorate in medicine there in 1903.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Mueller JH | title = Hans Zinsser, 1878–1940 | journal = Journal of Bacteriology | date=1 December 1940| volume = 40 | issue = 6 | pages = i2 | url = http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/40/6/i2 | pmid = 16560389 | pmc = 374674 }}</ref> After holding a series of academic medicine positions, Zinsser became an associate professor at [[Stanford University]] in 1910. In 1913, Zinsser moved to a position at his ''alma mater''. Ten years later, he was hired away by [[Harvard Medical School]], where he stayed-- except for service in the US Army Medical Corps in World War I-- until his death from acute leukemia in 1940. He is interred in [[Sleepy Hollow Cemetery]] in [[Sleepy Hollow, New York]]. |
'''Hans Zinsser''' (November 17, 1878 – September 4, 1940) was an [[United States|American]] [[bacteriologist]] and a prolific author.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Summers WC |title=Hans Zinsser: a tale of two cultures |journal=The Yale journal of biology and medicine |volume=72 |issue=5 |pages=341–7 |year=1999 |pmid=11049165 |doi= |pmc=2579027}}</ref> The son of German immigrants, Zinsser was born in New York City in 1878. Zinsser received his undergraduate degree from [[Columbia University]] in 1899 and completed both a masters degree and a doctorate in medicine there in 1903.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Mueller JH | title = Hans Zinsser, 1878–1940 | journal = Journal of Bacteriology | date=1 December 1940| volume = 40 | issue = 6 | pages = i2 | url = http://jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/40/6/i2 | pmid = 16560389 | pmc = 374674 }}</ref> After holding a series of academic medicine positions, Zinsser became an associate professor at [[Stanford University]] in 1910. In 1913, Zinsser moved to a position at his ''alma mater''. Ten years later, he was hired away by [[Harvard Medical School]], where he stayed-- except for service in the US Army Medical Corps in World War I-- until his death from acute leukemia in 1940. He is interred in [[Sleepy Hollow Cemetery]] in [[Sleepy Hollow, New York]]. |
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Dr. Zinsser taught as an exchange professor or worked with the American Red Cross in France, Russia, Serbia and China, and was noted for his work in typhus and immunology. He became a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and served overseas during World War I. He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Medal]], and was also awarded another military citation for taking exceptional risks to minister to wounded soldiers while under direct enemy fire. He was awarded with the [[Order of St. Sava]] of Serbia and the [[Legion of Honour]] in France. He was the author of over 200 books and medical articles, and was a member of a number of scientific and medical organizations. Dr. Zinsser was also a published poet, having some of his verses printed in the Atlantic Monthly, now known as "[[The Atlantic]]".<ref>“Zinsser, Hans.” National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York: James T. White Company. 1950. Volume XXXVI, pages 35-36.</ref> |
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In 1905, Dr. Hans Zinsser married Ruby Handforth Kunz, eldest daughter of the mineralogist, Dr. [[George Frederick Kunz]], and they had two children, Hans Handforth and Gretel Zinsser, and they all lived in Boston. Gretel Zinsser later married Vernon Monroe, Jr. |
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[[File:Hans Zinsser Gravesite.JPG|thumb|The gravesite of Hans Zinsser]] |
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Hans Zinsser | |
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 Hans Zinsser, MD, while an officer in the US Army Medical Corps in World War I | |
| Born | November 17, 1878 |
| Died | September 4, 1940 New York City |
| Nationality |  American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Known for | Typhus |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist |
| Institutions | Columbia University Stanford University Harvard Medical School |
| Doctoral advisor | Philip Hanson Hiss |
| Doctoral students | William Hammon |
Hans Zinsser (November 17, 1878 – September 4, 1940) was an American bacteriologist and a prolific author.[2] The son of German immigrants, Zinsser was born in New York City in 1878. Zinsser received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1899 and completed both a masters degree and a doctorate in medicine there in 1903.[3] After holding a series of academic medicine positions, Zinsser became an associate professor at Stanford University in 1910. In 1913, Zinsser moved to a position at his alma mater. Ten years later, he was hired away by Harvard Medical School, where he stayed-- except for service in the US Army Medical Corps in World War I-- until his death from acute leukemia in 1940. He is interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Dr. Zinsser taught as an exchange professor or worked with the American Red Cross in France, Russia, Serbia and China, and was noted for his work in typhus and immunology. He became a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and served overseas during World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, and was also awarded another military citation for taking exceptional risks to minister to wounded soldiers while under direct enemy fire. He was awarded with the Order of St. Sava of Serbia and the Legion of Honour in France. He was the author of over 200 books and medical articles, and was a member of a number of scientific and medical organizations. Dr. Zinsser was also a published poet, having some of his verses printed in the Atlantic Monthly, now known as "The Atlantic".[4]
In 1905, Dr. Hans Zinsser married Ruby Handforth Kunz, eldest daughter of the mineralogist, Dr. George Frederick Kunz, and they had two children, Hans Handforth and Gretel Zinsser, and they all lived in Boston. Gretel Zinsser later married Vernon Monroe, Jr.
Zinsser's scientific work focused on bacteriology and immunology and he is greatly associated with Brill’s disease as well as typhus. He is known for his work in isolating the typhus bacterium and developing a protective vaccine. He wrote several books about biology and bacteria, notably Rats, Lice and History, a "biography" of typhus fever.[5] Rats, Lice and History was republished in 2007 by Transaction Publishers.[6] Zinsser had a strong influence on the work of Dr. Albert Coons, who developed the technique of immunohistochemistry.
References
- ^ "Romantic Self". Time Magazine. 1940-09-16. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ Summers WC (1999). "Hans Zinsser: a tale of two cultures". The Yale journal of biology and medicine. 72 (5): 341–7. PMC 2579027. PMID 11049165.
- ^ Mueller JH (1 December 1940). "Hans Zinsser, 1878–1940". Journal of Bacteriology. 40 (6): i2. PMC 374674. PMID 16560389.
- ^ “Zinsser, Hans.” National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York: James T. White Company. 1950. Volume XXXVI, pages 35-36.
- ^ Zinsser H (1996). Rats, Lice, and History: Being a Study in Biography, Which, After Twelve Preliminary Chapters Indispensable for the Preparation of the Lay Reader, Deals With the Life History of Typhus Fever. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 1-884-82247-9. (Originally published in 1935, with another edition in 1963.)
- ^ Zinsser H (2007). Rats, Lice, and History. New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-0672-5.
Further reading
- Zinsser, Hans As I Remember Him: The Biography of R.S. Gloucester, Mass. Peter Smith 1970 with an introduction including biographic notes by Edward Weeks.
External links
- Biography of Hans Zinsser
- National Academy of Sciences: Biographical Memoirs for Hans Zinsser
- The Hans Zinsser Papers can be found at The Center for the History of Medicine at the Countway Library, Harvard Medical School.