Hans Adolf Krebs (1900-1981)

Sir Hans Adolf Krebs (August 25, 1900 - November 22, 1981) was a German medical doctor and biochemist. Download high resolution version (607x827, 21 KB) This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images, because it is missing information on its source or copyright status. ... Download high resolution version (607x827, 21 KB) This file has been listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images, because it is missing information on its source or copyright status. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... Biochemistry is the chemistry of life. ...

Birth

He was born in Hildesheim, Germany, the son of Alma; and Georg Krebs, an ear, nose, and throat surgeon. Hans went to school in Hildesheim and studied medicine at the University of Göttingen from 1918-1923. He gained his Ph.D. at the University of Hamburg in 1925, then studied chemistry in Berlin for one year, where he later became an assistant of Otto Warburg at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology until 1930. Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with restoring and maintaining health. ... The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in 1737. ... ---Sidenote START--- The University of Hamburg was founded on the 1 April 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. ... Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the science of matter and its interactions with energy and itself (see physics, biology). ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Kaiser Wilhelm Institute (in German Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft) was the name of a number of scientific institutes in Germany before World War II. After 1945 they were re-organised and renamed as Max Planck Institutes. ...

Germany to England

Because of his Jewish heritage he was barred from practicing medicine in Germany and he emigrated to England in 1933. He was invited to Cambridge, where he worked in the biochemistry department under Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861-1947). Hans became professor of biochemistry at the University of Sheffield in 1945. The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Biochemistry is the chemistry of life. ... University of Sheffield Rerum Cognoscere Causas (To discover the causes of things) Shield image © University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield is a university located in Sheffield, England. ...

Metabolism

Krebs' area of interest was intermediary metabolism. He discovered the urea cycle in 1932 and the citric acid cycle in 1937, which is still often called Krebs cycle. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953. Santorio Santorio (1561-1636) in his steelyard balance, from Ars de statica medecina, first published 1614 Metabolism (from μεταβολισμος(metavallo), the Greek word for change), in the most general sense, is the ingestion and breakdown of complex compounds, coupled with the liberation of energy, and the consequent generation of waste... The Urea Cycle is a cycle of biochemical reactions occurring in many animal organisms that produces urea from ammonia. ... The citric acid cycle (also known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle, the TCA cycle, or the Krebs cycle) is a series of chemical reactions of central importance in all living cells that utilize oxygen as part of cellular respiration. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ...

Death

Sir Hans was elected Honorary Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge University in 1979. Krebs died in Oxford, England in 1981. The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...

Timeline

• 1900 Birth in Germany
• 1918 Start medical school
• 1923 Graduate from medical school
• 1925 Graduated with Ph.D. from University of Hamburg
• 1932 Discovery of Urea Cycle
• 1933 Emigration to UK
• 1937 Discovery of Citric Acid Cycle aka Krebs Cycle
• 1945 Professor at University of Sheffield
• 1953 Nobel Prize
• 1958 Knighted
• 1981 Death in UK

External links

• Nobel Prize: Krebs (http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1953/krebs-bio.html)