About Károly Pius Koller
Lived 1901 – 1979 (aged 78). Károly Pius Koller was a Hungarian and British cell biologist and monk.
Pius Charles Koller FRSE (in hungarian: Koller Károly Pius; 4 March 1901 In 1937 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Francis Albert Eley Crew, Alan William Greenwood, Sir Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno, and James Nichol Pickard. He won the Society's Neill Prize for the period 1939 to 1941 and the David Anderson-Berry Prize for 1947.
In 1938 he began lecturing in animal genetics at the University of Edinburgh. In 1944 he moved to the Royal Cancer Hospital in London as Research Cytologist. In 1946 he moved again, this time to the Chester Beatty Research Institute, first as Cytologist then as Professor of Cytogenetics.
He died on 29 June 1979.
Family
In 1946 he married Anna Edith Olsen.
Publications
Koller: Chromosomes and Genes: The Biological Basis of Heredity (1971) The Role of Chromosomes in Cancer Biology (1972)
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Who was Károly Pius Koller?
British doctor, biologist of Hungarian origin
When was Károly Pius Koller born?
Károly Pius Koller was born on 4 March 1901 in Nagykanizsa.
When did Károly Pius Koller die?
Károly Pius Koller died on 29 June 1979 in London.
What was Károly Pius Koller's occupation?
Károly Pius Koller was a cell biologist and monk.
What nationality was Károly Pius Koller?
Károly Pius Koller was Hungarian and British.
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