Ernst Chain
German-British biochemist
Sir Ernst Boris Chain FRS FRSA was a German-born British biochemist and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin. Wikipedia
Born: June 19, 1906, Berlin, Germany
Died: August 12, 1979 (age 73 years), Castlebar, Ireland
Spouse: Anne Beloff-Chain (m. 1948)
Education: Humboldt University of Berlin and Fitzwilliam College
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1945), Fellow of the Royal Society (1948), and Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1954)
Children: 3
Known for: Discovery of penicillin