Gabriel Bertrand
Gabriel Emile Bertrand (born May 17, 1867 in Paris ; † June 20, 1962 there ) was a French biochemist.
Life
Bertrand grew up in Paris, where he passed the Baccalauréat in 1886. In 1894 he received his diploma in pharmacy from the École de Pharmacie. In 1900 he worked in the biochemical department at the Pasteur Institute and at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Paris. He received his doctorate in 1904. After April 22, 1915, he researched as a scientific advisor (as a member of the Inspection des études et expériences chimiques , IEEC) of the French Ministry of War on chemical weapons .
In the course of his later research he emphasized the importance of diastases and trace elements for the metabolism of the cell . He also investigated the venin of some snake species in collaboration with Césaire Phisalix .
He died on June 20, 1962 at the Pasteur Institute. A wing of the Duclaux building there is named after him.
Memberships and honors
- 1924: Académie des sciences
- 1924: Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1926: Académie d'agriculture de France
- 1927: Honorary doctorate from the University of Krakow
- 1931: Académie de médecine
- 1932: Elected member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .
- 1934: Commander of the Legion of Honor
literature
- Ilse Jahn: history of biology . 3rd revised and expanded edition, Spektrum, Heidelberg [u. a.] 2000, ISBN 3-8274-1023-1
- Larousse encyclopédique en couleurs . Librairie Larousse, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-03-020127-8
- Robert Courrier: Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Gabriel Bertrand, membre de la section de chimie: lecture faite en la séance annuelle des prix du 14 December 1964 . Institut de France, Paris 1964, OCLC 223626456 ( academie-sciences.fr [PDF]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Gabriel Bertrand in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gabriel Bertrand (1867-1962)
- Doktorzy honoris causa at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Binnewies, Jäckel, Willner, Rayner-Canham: Allgemeine und Anorganische Chemie (2nd edition), Spektrum Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8274-2533-1 , page 58.
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Gabriel (Émile) Bertrand
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bertrand, Gabriel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bertrand, Gabriel Emile (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1962 |
| Place of death | Paris |