Background
Vogel, Friedrich was born on March 6, 1925 in Berlin. Son of Reinhard and Ingeborg (Wahrenholz) Vogel.
geneticist university professor
Vogel, Friedrich was born on March 6, 1925 in Berlin. Son of Reinhard and Ingeborg (Wahrenholz) Vogel.
Degree, Free University Berlin, 1952. Doctor of Medicine, Free University Berlin, 1952. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Free University Berlin, 1988.
Together with Arno Motulsky he established in 1964 the journal Human Genetics, of which he remained editor-in-chief for more than 25 years. In 1962, Vogel was named professor of human genetics and founding chair of the Institute of Anthropologie and Human Genetics at Heidelberg University. Vogel became the leading German human geneticist and was largely responsible for the rehabilitation of this field after the excesses of the Nazi regime (1932-1945).
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities]
He was a member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Married Adelheid geb Kurth, 1951. Children: Sebastian V., Christiane V., Rüdiger V., Tilman V.