Rudolf Magnus (Brunswick, September 2, 1873 — Switzerland, 1927) was a German pharmacologist and physiologist. He studied medicine, specialising in pharmacology, in Heidelberg, where he became associate professor of pharmacology in 1904. In 1908 he became the first professor of pharmacology in Utrecht, where he spent the rest of his working life. He was nominated for a Nobel prize, but died before it could be awarded.
Magnus had one daughter, Gretl Magnus, who became a translator in Berlin and who died in 1968. She was married to Walter Zander and together they had a son, the composer Benjamin Zander. Rudolf Magnus' son, Otto Magnus wrote his biography in 2002, entitled Rudolf Magnus, Physiologist and Pharmacologist: A Biography.
Magnus is most widely known for his work as a physiologist. His book Körperstellung ("Posture")., a study of functional neurology, is his best known work.
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