Hugo Theorell
Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell (born July 6, 1903 in Linköping , Östergötland , Sweden , † August 15, 1982 in Stockholm , Sweden) was a Swedish physiologist and Nobel Prize winner .
Life
Hugo Theorell completed his studies in medicine at the Karolinska Institute in 1924 with the state examination. He spent the following three months studying bacteriology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris with Albert Calmette . In 1930 he successfully completed his doctorate on lipids in blood plasma and immediately afterwards received a lectureship in physiological chemistry at the Karolinska Institutet . In 1932 he became a professor.
The focus of his research work was vitamin research. He delivered important work on electrophoresis and enzymes , especially catalase , riboflavin and cytochrome c . At Uppsala University he carried out studies of the molecular weight of myoglobin using ultracentrifugation . From 1933 to 1935 he was a Rockefeller scholar and researcher at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Cell Physiology in Berlin-Dahlem (headed by Otto Warburg ) and published several studies during this time.
In 1953 he discovered an antibiotic to fight tuberculosis . In 1955 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries about the nature and mode of action of oxidizing enzymes.
In 1950 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1957 to the National Academy of Sciences , 1958 to the American Philosophical Society , and in 1966 to the corresponding member of the mathematical and natural science class of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . Also in 1966 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1965 he gave the Paul Karrer Lecture .
From his marriage to the pianist Margit , b. Alenius (1907-2002) comes from a. a. the son Töres Theorell (* 1942), doctor and lecturer.
literature
- Gerhard Braunitzer : Hugo Theorell 6.3.1903–15.8.1982. In: Bavarian Academy of Sciences , yearbook 1984, Munich 1984, pp. 244–246.
- Renate Wagner: Theorell, Axel Hugo Theodor. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1386.
- Petra Werner (ed.): Vitamins as a myth. Documents on the history of vitamin research (= Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. Reports and treatises. Special volume 3). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-05-003179-4 .
- Petra Werner: Reporting worlds. On the dispute over patents and priorities in vitamin research. (PDF; 258 kB) In: Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski , Hubert Laitko , Heinrich Parthey, Walther Umstätter (eds.): Science and digital library (= science research. 1998 yearbook ). Society for Science Research , Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-934682-30-8 , pp. 195-205.
Web links
- Information from the Nobel Foundation on the 1955 award ceremony for Hugo Theorell (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Renate Wagner (2005), p. 1386.
- ^ Activity report of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society , 1935, pp. 437–438
- ^ Member History: A. Hugo T. Theorell. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 6, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Theorell, Hugo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Theorell, Axel Hugo Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linköping , Östergötland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 1982 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |