Sir Ernst Chain | |
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Born | Ernst Boris Chain 19 June 1906 |
Died | 12 August 1979 Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland | (aged 73)
Citizenship | German (until 1939) British (from 1939) |
Alma mater | |
Known for | Discovery of penicillin |
Spouse | |
Children | 3[1] |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945) Fellow of the Royal Society (1948) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1954) Knight Bachelor (1969) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | Imperial College London University of Cambridge University of Oxford Istituto Superiore di Sanità University College Hospital |
Sir Ernst Boris Chain FRS FRSA[2] (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
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