Ruth Hubbard | |
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![]() Hubbard in Woods Hole, Massachusetts | |
Born | Ruth Hoffmann March 3, 1924 Vienna, Austria |
Died | September 1, 2016 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 92)
Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
Spouses | |
Children | Elijah Wald Deborah Hannah Wald |
Awards | Paul Karrer Gold Medal |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Ruth Hubbard (March 3, 1924 – September 1, 2016) was a professor of biology at Harvard University, where she was the first woman to hold a tenured professorship position in biology.[1][2]
During her active research career from the 1940s to the 1960s, she made important contributions to the understanding of the biochemistry and photochemistry of vision in vertebrates and invertebrates.[1] In 1967, she and George Wald shared the Paul Karrer Gold Medal for their work in this area.[1]
In the late 1960s, her interests shifted from science to societal issues and activism.[3]