Norman Urquhart Meldrum
Norman Urquhart Meldrum (* 1907 ; † June 7, 1933 in Cambridge ) was a British biochemist and physical chemist.
Meldrum went to school in Aberdeen and to the Edinburgh Academy and studied from 1924 at the University of Edinburgh . A brilliant student, he received his bachelor's degree with top marks in 1928 and became a Carnegie Scholar. He went to Cambridge University and received his doctorate there in 1931. During this time he studied glutathione .
In 1932, together with Francis John Worsley Roughton, independently of the Americans William C. Stadie and Helen O'Brien, discovered the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, which is responsible for regulating carbon dioxide from the blood . They showed that the function the enzyme performed was not tied to hemoglobin as previously thought.
He was an avid rider who also took great risks in sport.
literature
- Obituary Notice: Norman Urquhart Meldrum. 1907-1933. In: The Biochemical journal. Volume 27, Number 4, 1933, pp. 965-966, PMID 16745230 , PMC 1252972 (free full text).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lowe, Das Chemiebuch, Librero 2017, p. 288
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meldrum, Norman Urquhart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British biochemist and physical chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1907 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1933 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |