Mathilde Carmen Hertz
Mathilde Carmen Hertz | |
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| Born | January 14, 1891 |
| Died | November 20, 1975 (aged 84) |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Father | Heinrich Hertz |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology Comparative psychology |
| Institutions | Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Cambridge University |
Mathilde Carmen Hertz (14 January 1891 – 20 November 1975) was a biologist, and was one of the first influential women scientists in the field of biology and a pioneer in the field of comparative psychology. Working in Germany, her career started to unravel in 1933 due to her Jewish ancestry. She was the younger daughter of the famous physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.