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Hans von Euler-Chelpin

Hans von Euler-Chelpin
Born 15 February 1873(1873-02-15)
Augsburg, Germany
Died November 6 1964 (aged 91)
Stockholm, Sweden
Institutions University of Stockholm
Alma mater University of Berlin
Academic advisor   Emil Fischer
Notable prizes Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1929)

Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin (February 15, 1873 – November 6, 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 fermentative enzymes.

He was professor of general and organic chemistry at Stockholm University 1906-1941 and director of its Institute for organic-chemical research 1938-1948.

Hans von Euler-Chelpin was married to the chemist Astrid Cleve (daughter of the Uppsala chemist Per Teodor Cleve) and was the father of Ulf von Euler, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970.



 
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