Felix Ehrlich (biochemist)
Felix Ehrlich (born June 16, 1877 in Harriehausen , today Bad Gandersheim , † January 23, 1942 in Obernigk near Breslau) was a German biochemist .
life and work
Felix Ehrlich studied in Berlin and Munich. After receiving his doctorate in 1900, he worked at the Institute for the Sugar Industry in Berlin. In 1906 he completed his habilitation in chemistry. From 1909 he worked as a professor in Breslau, later also as director of the Institute for Biotechnology and Agriculture.
Ehrlich discovered the amino acid isoleucine in hemoglobin (1903), developed a process for splitting racemic amino acids (1906), described the formation of fusel oils through amino acid fermentation during alcoholic fermentation (1905) and worked on the structure and structure of pectins .
Felix Ehrlich died in Obernigk near Breslau in 1942 at the age of 64. He was buried in Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Church in Berlin-Kreuzberg . The grave is preserved. A small plaque at the foot of an obelisk with multiple bases serves as a grave marker.
Honors
- 1931 Emil Fischer Medal
- 1932 member of the Leopoldina
literature
- Guido Hartmann: Honestly, Felix. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 362 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries , Hannover 1996, p. 158.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 241.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Honestly, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harriehausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1942 |
| Place of death | Obernigk |