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Otto Loewi — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 3 June 1873 · Died: 25 December 1961 · Age at death: 88

How old was Otto Loewi when he died?

Otto Loewi died aged 88. He was born on 3 June 1873 and died on 25 December 1961.

Pharmacologist who won a Nobel Prize for discovering chemical neurotransmission

Did you know?He famously claimed that the idea for his Nobel-winning experiment came to him in a dream two nights in a row.

Otto Loewi (German:; 3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961) was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter.

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Age at death: 88
Years since death: 64

Born: June 3, 1873 · Frankfurt, Germany
Died: December 25, 1961
Nationality: German
Known for: Science

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