Butenandt

American  

[boot-n-ahnt] / ˈbut nˌɑnt /

noun

1. Adolf Friedrich Johann 1903–1995, German chemist: declined 1939 Nobel Prize on the demand of the Nazi government.

---

Butenandt British  

/ ˈbutənant /

noun

1. Adolf Frederick Johann . 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones

---

Example Sentences

Dr. Adolf Butenandt of Gottingen crystallized the female sex hormone theelin a few months after Dr. Edward Adelbert Doisy of St. Louis had done so, thereby losing the scientific glory of priority.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Dr. Butenandt announced ahead of anyone else that he had crystallized the analagous masculine hormone.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 1939 award in Chemistry was divided between Professor Adolf Butenandt, also of Berlin, and Professor Leopold Ruzicka of Zurich.

From Time Magazine Archive

Professor Butenandt claims that he was first, that he was merely beaten to publicity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until recently the two known male hormones were androsterone, first obtained by Butenandt of Germany, and a much more powerful one called testosterone, isolated by Laqueur of The Netherlands.

From Time Magazine Archive