Biographical entry Gottschalk, Alfred (1894 - 1973)

Summary

Alfred Gottschalk was Professor at the Max Planck Institute of Virus Research, Germany 1963-1968. He was a research biochemist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1939-1959 and a Fellow at the Australian National University 1959-1963. His studies of the action of viral enzymes on muco-proteins clarified knowledge of the carbohydrate moiety of the glyco-proteins and later work also made important contributions to both protein chemistry and virology.

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Born Aachen, Germany, 22 April 1894. Died Tübingen, West Germany, 4 October 1973. Educated Universities of Munich, Freiberg and Bonn (MD, Bonn 1920). DSc, University of Melbourne 1949. Postgraduate studies in biochemistry, Universities of Frankfurt (Main) and Würzburg 1920-22; Associate, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Biochemistry, Berlin-Dahlem 1923-26; director, Biochemical Department, Stettin General Hospital 1926-35; private medical practice 1935-39; Research Biochemist, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1939-59; part-time instructor in organic chemistry and biochemistry, Melbourne Technical College 1942-48; part-time lecturer in biochemistry, University of Melbourne from 1949; Honorary Fellow, Australian National University 1959-63; Max-Planck-Institute of Virus Research, Tübingen from 1963; Honorary Professor, University of Tübingen from 1966. David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne 1949; Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1951; Fellow, Royal Institute of Chemistry 1951; Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1954; H.G. Smith Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1954; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1966.

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Alfred Gottschalk - Records, 1894 - 1973, MS 080; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Book Sections

• Fenner, Frank, 'Gottschalk, Alfred (1894-1973), Medical Scientist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 302-303. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140341b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Trikojus, V. M., 'Alfred Gottschalk', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 3, no. 1, 1975, pp. 52-74. Details

Online Resources

• 'Gottschalk, Alfred - Ms 80', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms080.html. Details
• 'Gottschalk, Alfred', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467830. Details
• Trikojus, V. M., 'Alfred Gottschalk 1894-1973', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/gottschalk.html. Details

See also

• Fenner, F., 'Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 39-77. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710039.htm. Details
• Legge, J. W. and Gibson, F., 'Victor Martin Trikojus, 1902-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 519-531. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640519.htm. Details