Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
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Bodil Mimi Krogh Schmidt-Nielsen
, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, and Barbara Wagner.
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Born | ( 1915-09-24 ) September 24, 1915 |
Died | January 25, 2007 (2007-01-25) (aged 91) |
Spouse | Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (divorced) Margareta Claesson (m. 1977–his death) |
Awards | International Prize for Biology (1992) |
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Institutions | Duke University |
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (September 24, 1915 – January 25, 2007) [1] was a prominent figure in the field of comparative physiology and Professor of Physiology Emeritus at Duke University .
Background
Born in Trondheim , Norway . He was educated in Oslo and Copenhagen . He became a student in the laboratory of August Krogh in Copenhagen in 1937. Schmidt-Nielsen moved to the United States , where he studied at Swarthmore College , Stanford University , and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine . [2] He was the leader of expeditions to the Sahara Desert in 1953–54 and central Australia in 1962. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Trustee of Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory, and a consultant to the National Science Foundation.
Career
Schmidt-Nielsen published over 275 scientific papers and wrote the authoritative text on animal physiology. Schmidt-Nielsen is widely recognized as having made significant contributions to ecophysiology . He has been referred to as "the father of comparative physiology and integrative biology" [3] and "one of the all-time greats of animal physiology". [4] He came to Duke University in 1952 and became a James B. Duke Professor in the Department of Biology.
In 1980, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was elected President of the International Union of Physiological Sciences. He was the founding editor of News in Physiological Sciences . He was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (1973), the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (1979), the Royal Society of London , the French Academy of Sciences and the United States National Academy of Sciences . [5] [6] Next to the Biological Science building on Duke's campus is a statue of Schmidt-Nielsen looking at a camel, honoring his more than twenty years of work studying and dispelling myths on how camels withstand the harsh desert environment. [7] [8]
He was recipient of the 1992 International Prize for Biology awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science . [9]
Books
- 1972 How Animals Work Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-09692-8
- 1975 Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20551-4
- 1979 Desert animals: Physiological problems of heat and water Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-23850-0
- 1984 Scaling: Why Is Animal Size So Important? Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-31987-0
- 1998 The Camel's Nose: Memoirs Of A Curious Scientist Washington, D.C: Island Press. ISBN 978-1-55963-512-7
References
- ↑ Vogel, S. (2008). "Knut Schmidt-Nielsen. 24 September 1915 -- 25 January 2007" . Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 54 : 319–331. doi : 10.1098/rsbm.2008.0010 .
- ↑ "Animal Physiology Expert Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Dies" . Duke University Office of News & Communications. 2007-01-25. Archived from the original on 2010-06-15 . Retrieved 2010-03-03 .
- ↑ "MOVERS". Science . 315 (5813): 745c–. 2007. doi : 10.1126/science.315.5813.745c . S2CID 220093898 .
- ↑ McNeill Alexander, R. (2007). "Obituary: Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (1915–2007)" . Nature . 446 (7137): 744. Bibcode : 2007Natur.446..744A . doi : 10.1038/446744a . PMID 17429390 .
- ↑ Weibel, E. R. (2007). "Obituary in memoriam Knut Schmidt-Nielsen 24 September 1915 - 25 January 2007" . Journal of Experimental Biology . 210 (8): 1299–1301. doi : 10.1242/jeb.005306 . PMID 17533689 .
- ↑ Trætteberg, Marit . "Knut Schmidt-Nielsen" . In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 23 September 2015 .
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (September 24, 1915 – January 25, 2007)" . ScienceBlogs (SEED Media Group). 2007-04-11. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010 . Retrieved 2010-03-03 .
- ↑ Tierney Thys. "Curiosity And The Camel" . Duke University Alumni Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-06-10 . Retrieved 2010-03-03 .
- ↑ Travis, John (1992-10-23). "Biology: There's Honor Outside Stockholm". Science . 258 (5802): 545. Bibcode : 1992Sci...258..545T . doi : 10.1126/science.1411565 . PMID 1411565 .
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