EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Strasbourg, France

Founding Date:
1621

Enrollment:
40,000

Official Website:
http://www.u-strasbg.fr/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James E. Akins	Diplomat	15-Oct-1926	15-Jul-2010	US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1973-75
Daniel Bernoulli	Mathematician	8-Feb-1700	27-Mar-1782	Fluid dynamics
Maurice Blanchot	Philosopher	22-Sep-1907	20-Feb-2003	L'Espace littéraire
J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.	Economist	8-Jul-1939		President of the Richmond Fed, 1993-2004
Heinrich Bruening	Head of State	26-Nov-1885	30-Mar-1970	Chancellor of Germany, 1930-32
Georg Büchner	Playwright	17-Oct-1813	19-Feb-1837	Leonce and Lena
Michael DeBakey	Doctor	7-Sep-1908	11-Jul-2008	Father of cardiovascular surgery
Paul Ehrlich	Doctor	14-Mar-1854	20-Aug-1915	Father of chemotherapy
Robert Emden	Mathematician	4-Mar-1862	8-Oct-1940	Stellar structure
Joseph Erlanger	Scientist	5-Jan-1874	5-Dec-1965	Nerve conduction
Emil Fischer	Chemist	9-Oct-1852	15-Jul-1919	Peptide bond
Alberto Fujimori	Head of State	28-Jul-1938		President of Peru, 1990-2000
Franz Joseph Gall	Doctor	9-Mar-1758	22-Aug-1828	Invented phrenology
Konrad von Gesner	Botanist	26-Mar-1516	13-Dec-1565	Historia animalium
Rita E. Hauser	Activist	12-Jul-1934		Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Jules A. Hoffmann	Biologist	2-Aug-1941		Innate immunity
Albrecht Kossel	Scientist	16-Sep-1853	5-Jul-1927	Chemistry of tissues and cells
Max von Laue	Physicist	9-Oct-1879	23-Apr-1960	X-ray crystallography
Alphonse Laveran	Doctor	18-Jun-1845	18-May-1922	Found the parasite that causes malaria
Jean-Marie Lehn	Chemist	30-Sep-1939		Synthesis of molecules
Emmanuel Levinas	Philosopher	12-Jan-1906	25-Dec-1995	Totality and Infinity
Jacques Loeb	Doctor	7-Apr-1859	11-Feb-1924	Investigator of artificial parthenogenesis
Otto Loewi	Scientist	3-Jun-1873	25-Dec-1961	Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Otto Meyerhof	Scientist	12-Apr-1884	6-Oct-1951	Glycogen-lactic acid cycle
Louis Néel	Physicist	22-Nov-1904	17-Nov-2000	Magnetic properties of solids
Ludwig Quidde	Activist	23-Mar-1858	4-Mar-1941	German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient
Karl Schwarzschild	Astronomer	9-Oct-1873	11-May-1916	Black holes, Schwarzschild radius
Albert Schweitzer	Activist	14-Jan-1875	4-Sep-1965	Humanitarian and theologian
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg	Head of State	29-Nov-1856	1-Jan-1921	German Chancellor 1909-17
Klemens Wenzel von Metternich	Diplomat	15-May-1773	11-Jun-1859	Influential Austrian ambassador
Aby Warburg	Scholar	13-Jun-1866	26-Oct-1929	Founder of the Warburg Institute
August von Wassermann	Biologist	21-Feb-1866	16-Mar-1925	Syphilis test
William H. Welch	Scientist	8-Apr-1850	30-Apr-1934	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Pieter Zeeman	Physicist	25-May-1865	9-Oct-1943	Discovered Zeeman Effect

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Adolf von Baeyer	Chemist	31-Oct-1835	20-Aug-1917	Synthesized indigo
Ferdinand Braun	Physicist	6-Jun-1850	20-Apr-1918	Rectifier effect in semiconductors
Henri Cartan	Mathematician	8-Jul-1904	13-Aug-2008	Leader of the math Bourbakistes
Maurice Fréchet	Mathematician	2-Sep-1878	4-Jun-1973	Fréchet differential
Jules A. Hoffmann	Biologist	2-Aug-1941		Innate immunity
Albrecht Kossel	Scientist	16-Sep-1853	5-Jul-1927	Chemistry of tissues and cells
Jean-Marie Lehn	Chemist	30-Sep-1939		Synthesis of molecules
Jacques Loeb	Doctor	7-Apr-1859	11-Feb-1924	Investigator of artificial parthenogenesis
Oskar Minkowski	Doctor	13-Jan-1858	18-Jul-1931	Linked pancreas to diabetes
Louis Néel	Physicist	22-Nov-1904	17-Nov-2000	Magnetic properties of solids
Louis Pasteur	Chemist	27-Dec-1822	28-Sep-1895	Discovered process of pasteurization
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen	Physicist	27-Mar-1845	10-Feb-1923	Discovered X-Rays
Albert Schweitzer	Activist	14-Jan-1875	4-Sep-1965	Humanitarian and theologian
Georg Simmel	Sociologist	1-Mar-1858	26-Sep-1918	Philosophy of Money
Hermann Staudinger	Chemist	23-Mar-1881	8-Sep-1965	Macromolecular chemistry

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert Schweitzer	Activist	14-Jan-1875	4-Sep-1965	Humanitarian and theologian

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