Background
Holtfreter, Johannes Friedrich Karl was born on January 9, 1901 in Richtenberg, Germany. Came to the United States, 1946, naturalized, 1951. Son of Johannes K. and Sabine (Peters) Holtfreter.
Holtfreter, Johannes Friedrich Karl was born on January 9, 1901 in Richtenberg, Germany. Came to the United States, 1946, naturalized, 1951. Son of Johannes K. and Sabine (Peters) Holtfreter.
Student, University Rostock, 1919. Student, University Leipzig, 1920. Doctor of Philosophy, University Freiburg, 1924.
Doctor Rerum Naturalium honoris causa, 1975.
Lecturer and Association Professor, Zoological Institute, University of Munich 1933-1938. Professor, of Zoology 1966-1969, Professor Emeritus 1969. Jesup Lecturer, Columbia University 1957.
Numerous lectureships abroad.
Research in vertebrate development and cytology. Fellow, McGill University, Montreal 1942^16, Fulbright Fellow, Paris 1958.
Fellow, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Honorary Fellow, Zoological Society of India.
Honorary degree rer. national (Freiburg) 1975.
Research Staff Zoology Institute, University of ( ambridge, England 1939-1940. Zoology Department, McGill University, Montreal, * anada 1942-1946. Editorial Board Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology, London, Board of Advisers Experimental Cell Research, Stockholm, Institute Board of Control Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht, Fulbright Fellowships Panel, Guggenheim Fellowships Evaluation Panel, North.A.S., American Association of Anatomists and many foreign societies and academics including Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina and Royal Swedish Society of Sciences.
Married Hiroko Ban in 1959.