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Hans von Euler-Chelpin
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Swedish scientist (1873-1964)
Hans von Euler-Chelpin was a Swedish scientist who lived from 1873 to 1964 and made important contributions to biochemistry, particularly in understanding how living organisms break down and use sugar for energy. His work was recognized with major scientific honors and helped establish fundamental knowledge about the chemical processes that keep cells functioning.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1929
“for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Augsburg
- Place of death
- Stockholm
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- University of Würzburg
- Employer
- Stockholm University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Emil Fischer
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Euler-chelpin.jpg
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of birth
- 1873-02-15
- date of death
- 1964-11-06
- place of burial
- Norra begravningsplatsen
- described by source
- OpenStreetMap
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Commons category
- Hans von Euler-Chelpin
- date of burial or cremation
- 1964-12-16
- P8168
- Woodstock
- interested in
- biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Hans Karl August Simon Euler-Chelpin, since 28 July 1884 von Euler-Chelpin (15 February 1873 – 6 November 1964), was a German-born Swedish biochemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Arthur Harden for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes. He was a professor of general and organic chemistry at Stockholm University (1906–1941) and the director of its Institute for organic-chemical research (1938–1948). Euler-Chelpin was distantly related to Leonhard Euler. He married chemist Astrid Cleve, the daughter of the Uppsala chemist Per Teodor Cleve. In 1970, their son Ulf von Euler, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Personal life
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