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A Polish-Swiss chemist.
Won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950) along with Edward C. Kendall & Philip S. Hench, “for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects.”
German botanist and pteridologist, wife of Dr. Kurt Rasbach.
Longtime collaborator with her husband Dr. Kurt Rasbach.
Helga Rasbach was a biologist who specialized in the taxonomy of ferns. Her specialty was the discovery of unusual species. Numerous new discoveries of fern species in Central and Southern Europe can be traced back to her. At the same time, Helga Rasbach possessed the systematic knowledge to identify and thoroughly investigate doubtful cases in the field, particularly to examine them cytologically with regard to the chromosome numbers of individual ferns. Based on this, she was able to describe new hybrids, cytotypes, and subspecies of ferns and to identify hybrids. She also contributed many anonymously, for example, her work on the identification key for ferns in Oberdorfer's Excursion Flora.
Helga was also an outstanding botanical illustrator – from cytology (e.g., of ferns) to the overall habitat (e.g., in her husband's early orchid volume).
German botanist and pteridologist, husband of Helga Rasbach.
Longtime collaborator with his wife, Helga Rasbach.
Dr. Kurt Rasbach came from the Westerwald region. He grew up in modest circumstances and under difficult times. He often recounted how he had to walk long distances to school, which sharpened his eye for natural phenomena. Returning from the Second World War with a gunshot wound, he studied medicine in Heidelberg, became a physician, and – perhaps even more importantly – a professional nature photographer.
Members of the Baden State Association for Natural History and Nature Conservation for over 60 years.