Walter Traugott Ulrich Pagel

(November 12, 1898 - March 25, 1983) was a German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 pathologist and medical historian.
Pagel was born in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 as the son of Julius Leopold Pagel

Julius Leopold Pagel

Julius Leopold Pagel was a German physician and historian of medicine.Pagel was educated at the gymnasium at Stolp and at the University of Berlin . In 1876 he established himself as a physician in Berlin, receiving from the university in that city the venia legendi in 1891, and the title of...

. He married Dr. Magda Koll in 1920. They had a son, Bernard

Bernard Pagel

Bernard Ephraim Julius Pagel FRS was a British astrophysicist best known for his work on the measurement and interpretation of elemental abundances in stars and galaxies....

, in 1930. Pagel made his doctorate in Berlin in 1922, and became professor in Heidelberg

Heidelberg

-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

 in 1931. The family moved to Britain in 1933 for fear of prosecution as Jews. Pagel died in Mill Hill

Mill Hill

Mill Hill is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburb situated 9 miles north west of Charing Cross. Mill Hill was in the historic county of Middlesex until it was absorbed by London...

. He was awarded the Dexter Award

Dexter Award

The Dexter Award was an honor given out by the American Chemical Society from 1956 until 2001. It was sponsored by the Dexter Chemical Corporation except for the final two years, when it was sponsored by the Mildred and Sidney Edelstein Foundation....

 (1969), the George Sarton Medal

George Sarton Medal

The George Sarton Medal is the most prestigious award given by the History of Science Society. It has been awarded annually since 1955. It is awarded to an historian of science from the international community who became distinguished for "a lifetime of scholarly achievement" in the field...

 (1970), and the Robert Koch Prize

Robert Koch Prize

The Robert Koch Medal and Award are two prizes awarded annually for excellence in the biomedical sciences. These awards grew out of early attempts by Robert Koch to generate funding to support his research into the cause and cure for tuberculosis...

 (1982).

Chemistry

Walter Pagel received the Dexter Award in 1969 for his skill in bringing out the relationship between Renaissance medicine and chemistry, in particular for his work on Paracelsus

Paracelsus

Paracelsus was a German-Swiss Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist....

 and van Helmont.