Ernst Boris Chain Scientist

Sir Ernst Boris Chain, FRS (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.

Personal facts

Ernst Boris Chain
Birth dateJune 19, 1906
Birth place
Berlin , Germany
Date of deathAugust 12, 1979
Place of death
Castlebar , Ireland
Education
Humboldt University of Berlin
Known for
Penicillin

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Scientist

awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Field of study
Biochemistry

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External resources

  1. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1945/chain-bio.html