Sara Hestrin-Lerner
Appearance
Sara Hestrin-Lerner | |
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Born | May 18, 1918 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Died | November 18, 2017 |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Occupation | Physiologist |
Sara Hestrin-Lerner (Hebrew: שרה הסטרין-לרנר) (May 18, 1918 – November 18, 2017) was a Canadian-born Israeli physiologist.
Biography
Hestrin-Lerner was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in May 1918. Aged 14, she emigrated with her parents to the then British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) in 1932. She studied zoology and received her doctorate in pathological physiology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] She died in November 2017 at the age of 99.[2]
Awards
In 1955, Hestrin-Lerner was awarded the Israel Prize, for medical science.[3] Hestrin-Lerner's brother, Shlomo Hestrin, was also awarded the Israel Prize, in exact sciences, in 1957.[4]
References
- ^ "Sarah Hestrin-Lerner". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- ^ Sara Hestrin-Lerner death notice
- ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1955 (in Hebrew)". cms.education.gov.il (Israel Prize official website). Archived from the original on June 12, 2012.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew)".
See also
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2017 deaths
- Canadian emigrants
- Immigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
- Israel Prize in medicine recipients
- Israel Prize women recipients
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli pathologists
- Israeli women scientists
- Jews in Mandatory Palestine
- People from Jerusalem
- Scientists from Manitoba
- Israeli physiologists
- Women physiologists
- Burials at Yarkon Cemetery
- Israeli scientist stubs
- Medical biography stubs