Hermann Lehmann

This article is about a British biochemist and physician. For the white man captured by Native Americans in 1870, see Herman Lehmann.

Hermann Lehmann
CBE FRS
Born8 July 1910 (1910-07-08)
Halle, German Empire
Died13 July 1985 (1985-07-14) (aged 75)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
CitizenshipNaturalised British
Alma materHeidelberg University
Cambridge University
Occupation(s)Biochemist, physician
Known forHemoglobin variants
Molecular anthropology
Spouse
Benigna Norman-Butler
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(m. 1940)​
Children2 sons and 2 daughters
AwardsRivers Memorial Medal (1961)

Hermann Lehmann CBE FRS (8 July 1910 – 13 July 1985) was a German-born British physician and biochemist known for his works on the chemistry and diversity of hemoglobin.[1] Describing about 75 different hemoglobin, he discovered the most number of hemoglobin types than anyone else.[2] He is regarded as one of the founders of molecular anthropology.[3]

  1. ^ Dacie, John Vivian (1988). "Hermann Lehmann, 8 July 1910 - 13 July 1985". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 34: 405–449. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1988.0015. PMID 11616113.
  2. ^ Huisman, T. H. J.; Efremov, G. D.; Wrightstone, R. N. (1985). "In Memoriam Professor Hermann Lehmann, CBE, FRS". Hemoglobin. 9 (5): iii–iv. doi:10.3109/03630268508997022.
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