E. Morton Jellinek | |
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| Born | 15 August 1890 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | 22 October 1963 (aged 73) Stanford, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Known for | alcoholism research |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | biostatistics |
| Institutions | |
Elvin Morton "Bunky" Jellinek (15 August 1890 – 22 October 1963), E. Morton Jellinek, or most often, E. M. Jellinek, was a biostatistician, physiologist, and an alcoholism researcher, fluent in nine languages and able to communicate in four others.
The son of Markus Erwin Marcel Jellinek (1858–1939) and Rose Jellinek (1867–1966), née Jacobson (a.k.a. the opera singer Marcella Lindh), he was born in New York City and died at the desk of his study at Stanford University on 22 October 1963.[1]