Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer

Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer (Hebrew שמעון פריץ בודנהיימר) (June 6, 1897 - October 4, 1959) was an Israeli entomologist and zoologist.

Biography

Bodenheimer was born in Germany. His parents were Max Bodenheimer, a leading Zionist, and Rosa Dalberg. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1922 and joined the new agricultural experimental station near Tel Aviv. When the Hebrew University opened, he was appointed head of the Institute of zoology and Entomology.[1] In 1936, Bodenheimer published The Biological Background of the Human Population Theory based on university lectures he gave in Tel Aviv.[2]

Awards

In 1954, Bodenheimer was awarded the Israel Prize, in agriculture.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dissenter in Zion: From the Writings of Judah L. Magnes, Judah Leon Magnes
  2. ↑ Jews and Sciences in Germany
  3. ↑ "Israel Prize recipients in 1954 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010.


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