Background
Spoehr, Herman Augustus was born on June 18, 1885 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles A. and Frida (Baeuerlen) Spoehr.
Spoehr, Herman Augustus was born on June 18, 1885 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles A. and Frida (Baeuerlen) Spoehr.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1906, Doctor of Philosophy, 1909, Doctor of Science, 1929. Studied University of Berlin, 1907, University of Paris, 1908.
Swift fellow, University of Chicago, 1909. Associate in chemistry, same, 1910. Became staff member Laboratory Plant Physiology, Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1910, assistant director Coastal Laboratory of same, 1926-1927, chairman division of plant biology, 1928-1920.
Acting professor of chemistry, Stanford, summer 1924.
Director natural sciences Rockefeller Foundation, 1930-1931. Chairman division plant biology Carnegie Institute, 1932-1947, chairman emeritus, since 1947.
Consultant to Secretary of State, 1950-1951.
Member American Chemical Society, Botanical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Society Naturalists, American Society Plant Physiologists, honorary. Member Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Linnean Society, London. Club: Bohemian.
Married Florence Mann, December 17, 1910. Children: Alexander, Hortense.