Ernst Chain
Sir Ernst Chain | |
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Chain in 1945 | |
| Born | Ernst Boris Chain 19 June 1906 |
| Died | 12 August 1979 (aged 73) Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Citizenship | German (until 1939) British (from 1939) |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Discovery of penicillin |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945) Fellow of the Royal Society (1948) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1954) Knight Bachelor (1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Imperial 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. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming and Howard Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".