Arthur Harden
Sir Arthur Harden, FRS[1] (12 October 1865 – 17 June 1940) was a British biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin for their investigations into the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes.[2][3] He was a founding member of the Biochemical Society and editor of its journal for 25 years.
Sir Arthur Harden FRS | |
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| Born | 12 October 1865 |
| Died | 17 June 1940 (aged 74) Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, UK |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester MSc, University of Erlangen PhD |
| Known for | the chemistry of the yeast cell |
| Spouse | Georgina Sydney Bridge |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1929) Davy Medal (1935) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Lister Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Otto Fischer |
| Doctoral students | Roland Victor Norris Ida Maclean |
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References
- Hopkins, F. G.; Martin, C. J. (1942). "Arthur Harden. 1865–1940". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (11): 2. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1942.0001. S2CID 178418151.
- Manchester, K. (2000). "Arthur Harden: An unwitting pioneer of metabolic control analysis". Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 25 (2): 89–92. doi:10.1016/S0968-0004(99)01528-5. PMID 10664590.
- Manchester, K. (2000). "Biochemistry comes of age: A century of endeavour". Endeavour. 24 (1): 22–27. doi:10.1016/S0160-9327(99)01224-7. PMID 10824440.
Other websites
- [[Category:Nobel Prize in {{{1}}} winners]] including the Nobel Lecture, 12 December 1929 The Function of Phosphate in Alcoholic Fermentation
- Works by Arthur Harden at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Arthur Harden at Internet Archive
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