Ernst Chain

Sir

Ernst Chain

FRS FRSA
Sir; Ernst Chain; FRS FRSA
	Chain in 1945
Born	Ernst Boris Chain; 19 June 1906; Berlin, German Empire
Died	12 August 1979 (aged 73); Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Citizenship	German (until 1939); British (from 1939)
Alma mater	Friedrich Wilhelm University; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge;
Known for	Discovery of penicillin
Spouse	Anne Beloff (m. 1948)
Children	3
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945) ; Fellow of the Royal Society (1948); Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1954); Knight Bachelor (1969)
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	Imperial College London ; University of Cambridge ; University of Oxford ; Istituto Superiore di Sanità ; University College Hospital

Sir Ernst Boris Chain FRS FRSA (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.

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