Elisabeth Goldschmidt | |
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Born | Elisabeth Wechsler September 22, 1912 Frankfurt, Germany |
Died | May 6, 1970 | (aged 57)
Nationality | Israeli |
Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Spouse | Joseph Goldschmidt |
Children | Eliezer Goldschmidt Yemima Ben-Menachem |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics |
Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Thesis | Cytological studies in Chironomidae (1942) |
Elisabeth Goldschmidt (née Wechsler; September 22, 1912 – May 6, 1970) was a German-born Israeli geneticist who founded the genetics program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has been described as "the founding mother of the field of genetics in Israel".[1]