Elisabeth Goldschmidt
Elisabeth Goldschmidt | |
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אליזבת גולדשמידט | |
| Born | Elisabeth Wechsler September 22, 1912 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | May 6, 1970 (aged 57) |
| Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Spouse | Joseph Goldschmidt |
| Children | Eliezer Goldschmidt Yemima Ben-Menachem |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Thesis | Cytological studies in Chironomidae (1942) |
Elisabeth Goldschmidt (née Wechsler; Hebrew: אליזבת גולדשמידט; September 22, 1912 – May 6, 1970) was a German-born Israeli geneticist who founded the genetics program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has been described as "the founding mother of the field of genetics in Israel".