Marcel Florkin

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Marcel Florkin (born August 15, 1900 in Liège ; † May 3, 1979 ibid) was a Belgian biochemist and professor at the University of Liège .

Florkin studied medicine at the University of Liège and received his doctorate there. He was director of the Biochemical Institute at the University of Liège.

Florkin was a pioneer in comparative biochemistry and the study of the evolutionary aspects of biochemistry. He is also considered to be the co-founder of biosemiotics , with the help of which he sought to describe the interactions between biomolecules.

In 1946 Florkin received the Francqui Prize . In 1951 he was a co-founder of the Belgian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . Florkin was also President of the International Academy of the History of Medicine, founded in 1964 . Since 1961 he was a member of the Leopoldina and since 1955 an honorary member ( Honorary Fellow ) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

He was editor of Comparative Biochemistry (with HS Mason, 1960 to 1964), Chemical Zoology (with BT Scheer 1967 to 1978) and Comprehensive Biochemistry (with EH Stotz, 1962 to 1979)

Fonts

  • Biochemical Evolution, Academic Press 1949 (first French 1944)
  • Biochemical aspects of some biological concepts, 1st Internat. Congress of Biochemistry, Cambridge 1949
  • L'evolution biochimique et la radiation physiologique des systemes biochimiques chez les animaux, Proc. 6. Internat. Congress of Biochemistry, Moscow 1961, Pergamon Press 1963
  • with E. Schoffeniels: Molecular approaches to ecology, Academic Press 1969

literature

  • E. Schoffeniels: Marcel Florkin and the system of biochemistry, in: R. Gilles (Ed.), Animals and environmental fitness, Volume 1, Pergamon Press 1980

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ D. Favareau (Ed.): Essential Readings in Biosemiotics . tape 3 . Springer Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4020-9649-5 .
  2. ^ Faculty of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy . In: Med Hist. 1966 Jul; 10 (3): 294-295. PMC 1033613 (free full text).
  3. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed December 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Florkin, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian biochemist and professor at the University of Liège
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Liege
DATE OF DEATH May 3rd 1979
Place of death Liege