Ernst Chain

Sir
Ernst Chain
FRS FRSA
Chain in 1945
Born
Ernst Boris Chain

(1906-06-19)19 June 1906
Berlin, German Empire
Died12 August 1979(1979-08-12) (aged 73)
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
CitizenshipGerman (until 1939)
British (from 1939)
Alma mater
Known forDiscovery of penicillin
Spouse
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(m. 1948)​
Children3[1]
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1948)
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1954)
Knight Bachelor (1969)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsImperial College London
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
University College Hospital

Sir Ernst Boris Chain (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

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