Bronislaw M. Honigberg
| Bronisław M. Honigberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 14, 1920 |
| Died | May 1, 1992 (aged 71) Amherst, Massachusetts, US Cardiac arrest |
| Resting place | Winwood Cemetery, Amherst |
| Citizenship | Naturalized American |
| Fields |
Protozoology Parasitology |
| Institutions | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Kinetoplastida |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Honigberg |
| Spouse | Rhoda Honigberg |
| Children | Paul Mark Martin Philips |
Bronisław M. Honigberg (14 May 1920 – 1 May 1992) was a Polish-born American zoologist. Born in Warsaw, he settled in the United States as a refugee during World War II. He was Professor of parasitology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research centered on unicellular organisms such as Trichomonadida and Kinetoplastida, the name which he invented. He was a leading authority on the naming system (systematics) of protozoans. He led the Committee on Taxonomy and Taxonomical Problems of the Society of Protozoologists and made a new Systematics of Protozoa in 1964.
A protozoan, Ditrichomonas honigbergii, described in 1993 was named in his honour.
Bronisław M. Honigberg was born and educated in Warsaw, Poland. He completed secondary education just before World War II broke out. He and his family fled to US. They arrived at San Francisco on 10 May 1941 by the ship Asama Maru. They were detained at the port as their ticket was not specific for the family. Confirming that he was a medical student, they were released after five days. He entered the University of California, Berkeley, from where he earned a BA in 1943, an MA in 1946, PhD in 1950. His research was supervised by Harold Kriby, who had established the order Trichomonadida. He became naturalized citizen in 1948. In 1950, he was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, becoming full professor in 1961. He was Director of the Parasitological Center of the university from 1980. He continued research on protozoology, concentrating on trichomonads and kinetoplastids. In 1963, he became Chairman of the first Committee on Taxonomy and Taxonomical Problems of the Society of Protozoologists. Under his leadership a revised Systematics of Protozoa was published in 1964.
He died of heart attack, and is interred at Winwood Cemetery at Amherst. He was survived by his wife Rhoda and two sons, Paul Mark and Martin Philips.
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