Ernst Chain: German-born British biochemist
Sir Ernst Boris Chain, FRS (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist.
Sir Ernst Boris Chain | |
|---|---|
 Ernst Boris Chain (1945) | |
| Born | 19 June 1906 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 12 August 1979 (aged 73) Castlebar, Ireland |
| Citizenship | German (until 1939) British (from 1939) |
| Alma mater | Friedrich Wilhelm University |
| Known for | The development of Penicillin |
| Spouse | Anne Beloff-Chain (m. 1948–1979, his death) |
| Children | Benjamin and Danny |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945) Fellow of the Royal Society (1948) Knight Bachelor(1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Imperial College London University of Cambridge University of Oxford Istituto Superiore di Sanità |
He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, with Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey, for the discovery of penicillin and how it could cure bacterial infections. Later he worked on the chemical structure of penicillin and other natural antibiotics.
Chain was Jewish, and moved to England in 1933. In 1939 he took British citizenship, and was knighted in 1969.
He won many awards: he was made a Commander of the Légion d'Honneur and awarded the Grande Ufficiale al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.
Life and career
Chain was born in Berlin, the son of Margarete (née Eisner) and Michael Chain, who was a chemist and industrialist dealing in chemical products. His family was Jewish. His father emigrated from Russia to study chemistry abroad and his mother was from Berlin. In 1930, he received his degree in chemistry from Friedrich Wilhelm University. He left Nazi Germany and worked at universities and laboratories in England.
References
Bibliography
- Medawar, Jean: Pyke, David (2012). Hitler's Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime (Paperback). New York: Arcade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61145-709-4.
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Other websites
- "Ernst B. Chain – Biographical". nobelprize.org.
- Weintraub, B. (August 2003). "Ernst Boris Chain (1906–1979) and Penicillin". Chemistry in Israel (13). Israel Chemical Society: 29–32.
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