!!!Kammerer, Paul

Kammerer, Paul, b. Vienna, Aug. 17, 1880, d. Puchberg am 
Schneeberg (Lower Austria), Sept. 23, 1926 (suicide), biologist. Tried 
to prove in experiments that acquired traits could be inherited and 
claimed that intentional mutations were the real driving force of 
evolution. Committed suicide when suspected of having falsified the 
results of his experiments.

!Works
Allg. Biologie, 1915; Geschlechtsbestimmung und 
Geschlechtsverwandlung, 1918; Das Gesetz der Serie, 1919.

!Literature
A. Koestler, Der Kroetenkuesser, 1972; R. Freund, 
Land der Traeumer. Zw. Groesse und Groessenwahn - verkannte 
Oesterreicher und ihre Utopien, %%sup 2/%2000.


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