Fritz Albert Lipmann
Fritz Albert Lipmann | |
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| Born | June 12, 1899 Königsberg, Germany |
| Died | July 24, 1986 (aged 87) Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | German-American |
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| Known for | Co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A |
| Spouse(s) | Elfreda M. Hall Lipmann (m. 1931) |
| Children | 1 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research |
Fritz Albert Lipmann (June 12, 1899 – July 24, 1986) was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953 (shared with Hans Adolf Krebs).[1]
Life and career[edit]
Lipmann was born in Königsberg, Germany, to a Jewish family. His parents were Gertrud (Lachmanski) and Leopold Lipmann, an attorney.[2]
Lipmann studied medicine at the University of Königsberg, Berlin, and Munich, graduating in Berlin in 1924. He returned to Königsberg to study chemistry under Professor Hans Meerwein. In 1926 he joined Otto Meyerhof at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Berlin, for his Ph.D. thesis. After that he followed Meyerhof to Heidelberg to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research.
In 1931, Lipmann married Elfreda M. Hall. They had one son, Steven.[2]
From 1939 on, Lipmann lived and worked in the United States. He was a Research Associate in the Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University Medical College, New York from 1939 to 1941. He joined the research staff of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1941, first as a Research Associate in the Department of Surgery, then heading his own group in the Biochemical Research Laboratory of the Hospital. From 1949 to 1957 he was professor of biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School. From 1957 onwards, he taught and conducted research at Rockefeller University, New York City. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1966. He died in New York in 1986.[3] His widow Freda died in 2008 aged 101.
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References[edit]
- ^ Jencks, W. P.; Wolfenden, R. V. (2000). "Fritz Albert Lipmann. 12 June 1899 -- 24 July 1986: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1962". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 333. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0088.
- ^ a b "Fritz Lipmann – Biographical". Nobel Prize.
- ^ FRITZ A. LIPMAN, BIOCHEMIST, DIES. New York Times (August 16, 1986)
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