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Creation Date
1923
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Jacques Loeb, circa 1923
Courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center
Jacques Loeb (1859 – 1924) was a German-born American physiologist and biologist. He was the model for the character of Max Gottlieb in Sinclair Lewis's Pulitzer-winning novel Arrowsmith, the first great work of fiction to idealize and idolize pure science. Mark Twain also wrote an essay titled "Dr. Loeb's Incredible Discovery", urging the reader not to support a rigid general consensus, but to instead be open to new scientific advances. Loeb was nominated many times for the Nobel Prize but never won.
See also National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs
Years at the Rockefeller Institute: 1910-1924
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Jacques Loeb