Ewald Weibel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ewald Weibel

Swiss biologist (1929-2019)

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1929

Place of Birth: Buchs, Aargau, Switzerland

Date of Death: 19-Feb-2019

Profession: biologist, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ewald R.
Weibel HonFRMS (5 March 1929 – 19 February 2019) was a Swiss biologist and former director of the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Bern.
He was one of the first scientists to describe the endothelial organelles Weibel-Palade bodies, which are named after him and his Romanian American colleague George Emil Palade.Weibel was awarded the Marcel Benoist Prize in 1974.
In 1981, Weibel became a foreign member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
In 2000, Weibel was elected as a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.