Peter Emil Becker (23 November 1908 – 7 October 2000) was a German neurologist, psychiatrist and geneticist.
Since 1998, the Gesellschaft für Neuropädiatrie (GNP) grants Peter-Emil-Becker-Preis for special achievements in the field of child neurology.
[2] He studied medicine in Marburg, Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Hamburg, graduating in 1933.
While at the KWI-A, Becker also worked with the prominent geneticist, eugenics specialist, and Nazi Party member Dr. Fritz Lenz.
[1] In 1957 he was appointed professor of human genetics at the University of Göttingen, the post he held until his retirement in 1975.