Background
BUTENANDT, Adolf Friedrich Johann was born on March 24, 1903 in Bremerhaven-Lehe. Son of Otto Butenandt and Wilhelmine Butenandt (nee Thomfohrde).
BUTENANDT, Adolf Friedrich Johann was born on March 24, 1903 in Bremerhaven-Lehe. Son of Otto Butenandt and Wilhelmine Butenandt (nee Thomfohrde).
He was educated in Marburg, and studied at Gottingen (1924-1927).
Assistant Chemical Institute, Gottingen University 1927-1930, Dozent in organic and biological chemistry 1931, leader organic and biological chemistry laboratories 1931-1933. Professor, of Chemistry, Director Organic Chemistry Institute, Danzig Institute of Technology 1933-1936. Director Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Biochemistry, Berlin-Dahlem (later at Tubingen) (now Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich) 1936-1972.
Professor, of Physiological Chemistry', Munich University 1956-1971. Professor Emeritus since 1971. President Max-Planck Society 1960-1972, Honorary President since 1972.
Foreign; Commander Legion d'honneur 1969, Commander Ordre des palmes academiques 1972, Adolfvon-Harnaek-Medaille, Max-Planck-Society 1973 (in Gold 1983), Bayerischer Maximiliansorden fur Wissenschaft und Kunst 1981, Grosskreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepuhlik Deutschland 1985.
Royal Society (United Kingdom) 1968. Academy, des Sciences, Paris 1974.
Married Erika von Ziegner in 1931.