Biography:Anita Hoffmann
Anita Hoffmann | |
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| Born | Ana Esther Hoffmann Mendizábal March 3, 1919 Puebla |
| Died | October 11, 2007 (aged 88) Cuernavaca |
| Nationality | Mexico |
| Occupation | Biologist |
Ana Esther Hoffmann Mendizábal,[1] also known as simply Anita Hoffmann (3 March 1919 – 11 October 2007),[2] was a Mexican researcher, educator, academic, and biologist specializing in acarology and parasitology. She is a pioneer in the study of arachnids and acari in Mexico.[3] She founded the Instituto Politécnico Nacional's Laboratory of Acrology in 1965, the first in Latin America, and another at the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1977.[4]
Biography
On 3 March 1919, Anita Hoffmann was born in Puebla, a state of Mexico. Her father was Dr. Carlos Cristian Hoffmann, a renowned German-Mexican entomologist,[5] and she accompanied Dr. Hoffmann for trips to various other states of Mexico to meet and work with other scientists like Francisco Villagrán, Isaac Ochoterena, Leopoldo Ancona, José de Lille, Helia Bravo Hollis, and Rafael Martín del Campo. Some of these academics would later be Hoffmann's professors during her education at university.[6]
In 1939, Hoffmann was among the first classes of students to enroll at the National Autonomous University of Mexico's School of Sciences following its founding in July of that year, and would acquire her master's degree from UNAM in 1941.[7]
Citations
- ↑ "Ana Esther Hoffman Mendizabal" (in es). Búho Legal. http://www.buholegal.com/cedula/df/1948/UNIVERSIDAD%20NACIONAL%20AUT%C3%93NOMA%20DE%20M%C3%89XICO/10452/. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "Fallecimiento de la Dra. Anita Hoffman Mendizábal" (in es). School of Sciences, UNAM. http://hp.fciencias.unam.mx/pipermail/estudiantes/2007-October/000283.html. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "Como Ves" (in es). National Autonomous University of Mexico. http://www.comoves.unam.mx/articulos/acaros/acaros2.html. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "Ciencias" (in es). National Autonomous University of Mexico. http://www.reformasecundaria.sep.gob.mx/ciencia_tecnologia/doctos/boletin20.pdf. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "Insectos" (in es). National Autonomous University of Mexico. http://www.izt.uam.mx/cosmosecm/INSECTOS.html. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "Hoffmann Mendizábal, Ana" (in es). National Autonomous University of Mexico. http://www.100.unam.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=535%3Ahoffmann-mendizabal-ana&catid=43%3Auniversitarios&Itemid=199&lang=es. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "Ana Hoffman y Alfredo Adam, profesores eméritos de la UNAM" (in es). National Autonomous University of Mexico. http://www.dgcs.unam.mx/gacetaweb/2001/25oct01.pdf. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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