Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin

Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1873-02-15 in Augsburg, Germany

Gender: male

Field: Swedish scientist (1873–1964)

Biography

Hans Karl August Simon Euler-Chelpin, since 28 July 1884 von Euler-Chelpin, was a German-born Swedish biochemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Arthur Harden for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes. He was a professor of general and organic chemistry at Stockholm University (1906–1941) and the director of its Institute for organic-chemical research (1938–1948). Euler-Chelpin was distantly related to Leonhard Euler. He married chemist Astrid Cleve, the daughter of the Uppsala chemist Per Teodor Cleve. In 1970, their son Ulf von Euler, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1929

Awarded on: 1929-11-12

"for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes"

Affiliations:

  • Stockholm UniversityStockholm, Sweden