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Krebs died in 1981 in Oxford, where he had spent 13 years of his career from 1954 until his retirement in 1967 at the University of Oxford. Biography [ edit ] Early life and education [ edit ]
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs (born Aug. 25, 1900, Hildesheim, Ger.—died Nov. 22, 1981, Oxford, Eng.) was a German-born British biochemist who received (with Fritz Lipmann) the 1953 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery in living organisms of the series of chemical reactions known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle (also called the ...
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Sir Hans Adolf Krebs was born at Hildesheim, Germany, on August 25th, 1900. He is the son of Georg Krebs, M.D., an ear, nose, and throat surgeon of that city, and his wife Alma, née Davidson.
Hans Adolf Krebs died in Oxford on 22 November 1981, at the age of 81 and only two weeks after leaving his beloved laboratory for treatment, in hospital, of what he believed was a trivial gastric upset.
Born: 25 August 1900, Hildesheim, Germany. Died: 22 November 1981, Oxford, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: Sheffield University, Sheffield, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for his discovery of the citric acid cycle”. Prize share: 1/2.
Jun 1, 2010 · Unfortunately, Dr. Krebs died the following November of natural causes; however, his legacy lives on, as no serious student of biochemistry can, or should, avoid a detailed study of the Krebs cycle. In the same year as his death, his book,* in collaboration with Roswitha Schmid, honoring the memory and influence of his mentor, Otto Warburg, was ...
Hans Krebs was born in Hildesheim, an old and beautiful town situated near Hannover. In his autobiography, which appeared about the time of his death, Krebs describes the town of his birth in some detail, and also mentions that it was almost completely destroyed during World War II.
