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Avraham Fahn (
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:אברהם פאהן born 8 August 1916, died 19 February 2012) was an Israeli professor of
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at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


Biography

Avraham Fahn was born in
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. He emigrated to
Mandate Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...
and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, receiving a
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in 1948.


Academic career

In 1952, he joined the Hebrew University faculty, lecturing in botany. From 1952 to 1953, he was a research fellow at the
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and in 1956 at
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. He became an associate professor at the Hebrew University in 1960 and a full professor in 1965, serving as
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of the faculty from 1964 to 1966 and pro-rector from 1969 to 1970. Following the
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in 1967, Fahn assisted in the restoration of the botanical gardens at the University's
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campus. He also served for many years as head of the Forestry Department of the
Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research The Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center ( he, מנהל המחקר החקלאי - מרכז וולקני), previously known as the Agricultural Research Station of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, is an Israeli agricultural research c ...
. Fahn retired in 1985. His books on the anatomy of plants have become basic texts in the field of botany.


Awards and recognition

* In 1963, Fahn was awarded the Israel Prize, in life sciences. * From 1995 to 1999, he served as
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of the International Association of Botanists.


See also

*
List of Israel Prize recipients This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022. List For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fahn, Avraham Israeli botanists Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to Mandatory Palestine Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel Prize in life sciences recipients 1916 births 2012 deaths Burials at Har HaMenuchot