Hans Adolf Krebs Scientist

Sir Hans Adolf Krebs (25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981) was a German-born British physician and biochemist. He was the pioneer scientist in study of cellular respiration, a biochemical pathway in cells for production of energy. He is best known for his discoveries of two important chemical reactions in the body, namely the urea cycle and the citric acid cycle. The latter, the key sequence of metabolic reactions that produces energy in cells, often eponymously known as the "Krebs cycle", earned him a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953. With Hans Kornberg, he also discovered the glyoxylate cycle, which is a slight variation of the citric acid cycle found in plants, bacteria, protists, and fungi.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 25, 1900
Birth place	Germany , Hildesheim
Nationality	Germany
Date of death	November 22, 1981
Place of death	England , Oxford
Education	Humboldt University of Berlin University of Freiburg University of Göttingen University of Hamburg
Known for	Citric acid cycle Urea cycle