Hans Kornberg

Sir Hans Kornberg
FRS
Born
Hans Leo Kornberg

(1928-01-14)14 January 1928
Herford, Province of Westphalia, Free State of Prussia, Germany
Died16 December 2019(2019-12-16) (aged 91)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
RelativesSusanna Cork (granddaughter)
Benedict Cork (grandson)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Institutions

Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, FRS (14 January 1928 – 16 December 2019)[2] was a British-American biochemist.[3][4] He was Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry in the University of Cambridge from 1975 to 1995, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1982 to 1995.

  1. ^ Kornberg, H. L. (1966). "The role and control of the glyoxylate cycle in Escherichia coli". The Biochemical Journal. 99 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1042/bj0990001. PMC 1264949. PMID 5337756.
  2. ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (18 December 2019). "Professor Sir Hans Kornberg, German-born biochemist and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge who did pioneering research into how bacteria work – obituary". The Telegraph.
  3. ^ Kornberg, H. L. (2003). "Memoirs of a biochemical hod carrier". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (12): 9993–10001. doi:10.1074/jbc.X200008200. PMID 12556462.
  4. ^ "Curriculum Vitae: Sir Hans Kornberg" (PDF). The Academy of Europe. 2015.