Ernst Chain
Sir Ernst Boris Chain
Ernst Boris Chain (1945)
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a German-British biochemist best known for being a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin
Born
Ernst Boris Chain 19 June 1906 Berlin, German Empire
Died
12 August 1979 (aged 73) Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Known for
Discovery of penicillin
Fields
Biochemistry
Alma mater
Friedrich Wilhelm University Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945) Fellow of the Royal Society (1948) Knight Bachelor (1969)
Institutions
Imperial College London University of Cambridge University of Oxford Istituto Superiore di Sanità University College Hospital
Spouse(s)
Anne Beloff ( m. 1948)
adultbasic
Britain
Children
3
Citizenship
German (until 1939) British (from 1939)
era
1800+