Viktor Hamburger is one of the few distinguished scientists to have lived through the entire 20th century. He was born on July 9, 1900 in Landeshut Silesia, Germany (now Poland). Hamburger's lifelong scientific work grew out of his deep and long-lasting love of nature, art and philosophy, nurtured by his parents and his university years.
Biomedical Reviews 2000; 11: vii-viii.