Curt Richter

Curt Paul Richter
Born(1894-02-20)20 February 1894
Denver, Colorado, United States
Died21 December 1988(1988-12-21) (aged 94)
Baltimore, Maryland
Alma materHarvard University
Johns Hopkins University
AwardsKarl Spencer Lashley Award (1980)

Curt Paul Richter (February 20, 1894 – December 21, 1988) was an American biologist, psychobiologist and geneticist who made important contributions in the field of circadian rhythms. Notably, Richter identified the hypothalamus as a "biological pacemaker" involved in sleeping and wakefulness. In particular, this region suspected by Richter was later identified as the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

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