Hugo Iltis
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Hugo Iltis was a Czech-American biologist.
as an assistant to Arnold Dodel-Port, and in Prague
. He was professor of biology at the Deutsches Gymnasium in Brünn from 1905 to 1938, and Privatdozent of botany and genetics in the Deutsche Technische-Hochschule. He was the founder and director of the Masaryk People's University, an adult education evening school, from 1921 to 1938. A socialist, Iltis spent much of the 1930s combating the racist biology of the Nazis.
Iltis emigrated to the United States
in 1939 and became professor of biology at Mary Washington College at the University of Virginia
, and the organizer of the Mendel Museum. He died at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on June 22, 1952. His son is the morphologist and taxonomist Hugh Iltis
.
Life
Iltis studied botany in Brünn, in ZurichZürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
as an assistant to Arnold Dodel-Port, and in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. He was professor of biology at the Deutsches Gymnasium in Brünn from 1905 to 1938, and Privatdozent of botany and genetics in the Deutsche Technische-Hochschule. He was the founder and director of the Masaryk People's University, an adult education evening school, from 1921 to 1938. A socialist, Iltis spent much of the 1930s combating the racist biology of the Nazis.
Iltis emigrated to the United States
United States
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in 1939 and became professor of biology at Mary Washington College at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, and the organizer of the Mendel Museum. He died at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on June 22, 1952. His son is the morphologist and taxonomist Hugh Iltis
Hugh Iltis
Hugh Hellmut Iltis is Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is best known for his discoveries in the domestication of corn ....
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Works
- Gregor Johann Mendel: Leben, Werk und Wirkung, Berlin: J. Springer, 1924. Translated by EdenEden PaulMaurice Eden Paul, most commonly known simply as Eden Paul was a socialist physician, writer and translator.-Biography:...
and Cedar PaulCedar PaulCedar Paul, née Gertrude Mary Davenport was a singer, author, translator and journalist.-Biography:Gertrude Davenport came from a musical family: she was the grand-daughter of the composer George Alexander Macfarren and the daughter of the composer Francis William Davenport...
as Life of Mendel, New York, W. W. Norton & Co, 1932. - Kamf um den Darwinismus, 1926
- Naturwissenschaft und Sozialismus, 1926
- Volkstümliche Rassenkunde, 1930
- Rasse in Wissenschaft und Politik, 1935
- Der Mythus von Blut und Rasse, 1935. With an introductory article by Iltis, 'Der Rassismus im Mantel der Wissenschaft', and two other articles written by him under a pseudonym.