Étienne Wolff
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Étienne Wolff was a French biologist, specialising in experimental and teratological
embryology
. He led the Société zoologique de France
from 1958 and was elected to the Académie des sciences in 1963.
in Rouen
Teratology
Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development. It is often thought of as the study of human birth defects, but it is much broader than that, taking in other non-birth developmental stages, including puberty; and other non-human life forms, including plants.- Etymology :The...
embryology
Embryology
Embryology is a science which is about the development of an embryo from the fertilization of the ovum to the fetus stage...
. He led the Société zoologique de France
Société zoologique de France
La Société zoologique de France or Zoological Society of France is a scientific society devoted to Zoology. It was founded in 1876....
from 1958 and was elected to the Académie des sciences in 1963.
Personal life
He was educated at the Lycée Pierre CorneilleLycée Pierre Corneille (Rouen)
The Lycée Pierre-Corneille is a school in Rouen, France. It was founded by the Archbishop of Rouen, Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon and run by the Jesuits to educate the children of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie in accordance with the purest doctrinal principles of Roman Catholicism...
in Rouen
Works
- Thèses présentées à la Faculté des sciences de l'Université de Strasbourg pour obtenir le grade de docteur ès-sciences naturelles. 1re thèse : Les Bases de la tératogénèse expérimentale des vertébrés amniotes d'après les résultats de méthodes directes. 2e thèse : L'Évolution après l'éclosion des poulets mâles transformés en intersexués par l'hormone femelle injectée aux jeunes embryons (1936)
- Les Changements de sexe (1946)
- La Science des monstres (1948)
- Les Chemins de la vie (1963)
- La poésie funéraire épigraphique à Rome (1971)
- Les Pancrates, nos nouveaux maîtres (1975)
- Dialogues avec mes animaux familiers (1979)
- Trois pattes pour un canard (1990)