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Hoff, Ebbe Curtis was born on August 12, 1906 in Rexford, Kansas, United States. Son of Hans Jacob and May (Knudson) Hoff.
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Hoff, Ebbe Curtis was born on August 12, 1906 in Rexford, Kansas, United States. Son of Hans Jacob and May (Knudson) Hoff.
He earned a bachelor"s degree with honors at the University of Washington in 1928 and a Doctor of Philosophy in physiology from Street Catherine"s College, Oxford in 1932 where he studied neurophysiology, writing his thesis on the theory of the synapse under Nobel Prize laureate Sir Charles Sherrington. He attended medical school (United Kingdom) earning his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery degrees from Oxford and the London Hospital Medical College, finishing in 1940.
He worked as a physiology instructor at Yale University in 1934 and later as a research assistant. During World World War II, he served in the United States Navy as a flight surgeon and became a leading authority on diving hazards and precautions, as well as submarine and aviation medicine. He authored the first comprehensive text on compressed air diving and submarine medicine.
He participated in developing the modified G-Suit design adopted for United States Navy pilots.
He took part in unsuccessful attempts to develop a shark repellent. He also served as a Naval Attaché at the American Embassy, London.
He left active military service with the rank of Commander in 1946 but remained in the Naval Reserve. He held amateur radio license WA4CBM. He spent many summer holidays tenting in Westmore, Vermont on Lake Willoughby.
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Served from lieutenant commander to commander Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow New York Academy Sciences, Royal Society Medicine. Member American Medical Association, American Physiological Society, American Psychiatric Association (associate), American Academy Neurology (associate), American Association for the Advancement of Science, British Medical Association, History Science Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Phebe Margaret Flather, June 2, 1934. Children: Phebe May (Mistress Leigh Van Valen), David Christiansen.