Friedrich Vogel (human geneticist) explained

Friedrich Vogel
Birth Name:	Friedrich Otto Vogel
Birth Date:	5 March 1925
Birth Place:	Berlin, Weimar Republic
Death Place:	Heidelberg, Germany
Nationality:	German
Fields:	Human genetics
Alma Mater:	Free University of Berlin
Signature:	Signature F Vogel.jpg

Friedrich Otto Vogel (6 March 1925, Berlin – 5 August 2006, Heidelberg) was a German human geneticist. Together with Arno Motulsky he established the journal Human Genetics in 1964, of which he remained editor-in-chief for more than 25 years.^[1] He was a member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften.^[2] In 1962, Vogel was named professor of human genetics and founding chair of the Institute of Anthropology and Human Genetics at Heidelberg University.^[3] Vogel became the leading German human geneticist and played a significant role in the rehabilitation of this field after the misuse of genetics by the Nazi regime (1932-1945).^[4]

Selected works

• Book: Vogel . Friedrich . Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Humangenetik. . 1961 . Springer . Berlin, Göttingen, Heidelberg . 978-3-642-87295-2 . de.
• Book: Fuhrmann . Walter . Vogel . Friedrich . Genetische Familienberatung : ein Leitfaden für Studenten und Ärzte . 1975 . Springer-Verlag . Berlin . 978-3-540-07486-1 . 2nd . de.
• Book: Vogel . Friedrich . Motulsky . Arno . Arno Motulsky . Human Genetics: Problems and Approaches . 1979 . Springer-Verlag . Berlin . 3-540-09459-8.
• Book: Vogel . Friedrich . Propping . Peter . Peter Propping . Ist unser Schicksal mitgeboren? . 1981 . Severin und Siedler . Berlin . 3-88680-012-1 . de.

Notes and References

1. 10.1007/s00439-014-1433-5 . 24595704 . Human Genetics' 50th Anniversary Issue . Human Genetics . 133 . 4 . 381–382 . 2014 . Hudson . Thomas J. . Thomas J. Hudson. free .
2. Web site: Andreas Dafferner . The members of the HAW since its foundation in the year 1909: Friedrich Vogel . Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften . 2014-03-11 . 2014-03-26 . 2016-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160609083541/http://www.haw.uni-heidelberg.de/akademie/member.en.html?id=362 . live .
3. 10.1007/s00439-006-0298-7 . Friedrich Vogel 1925–2006 . Human Genetics . 120 . 6 . 751 . 2006 . Propping . Peter . Bartram . Claus R. . 42794380. free .
4. 10.1007/s00439-006-0297-8 . Obituary: Prof. Dr. Med. Dr. H. C. Friedrich Vogel (1925–2006) . Human Genetics . 120 . 6 . 755–757 . 2006 . Sperling . Karl . 34825404. free .