Authorised form of name | Bloch; Konrad Emil (1912 - 2000) |
Dates | 1912 - 2000 |
Nationality | American |
Place of birth | Neisse, Germany |
Date of birth | 21/01/1912 |
Date of death | 15/10/2000 |
Activity | Education: Munich Technical University (Chemical Engineering, 1934); PhD (Columbia University, USA) Career: Staff, Swiss Research Institute, Davos; Researcher in biochemistry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; Professor of Biochemistry, University of Chicago (1946); Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, Harvard University (1954); Professor of Science, Harvard School of Public Health Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1964 |
Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 27/06/1985 |
Age at election | 73 |
Relationships | Married (1941) Lore Teutch; one son, one daughter; became American citizen (1944) |
Source | Sources: Daily Telegraph obituary 20/10/00 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 43-49, plate, by F H Westheimer ForMemRS and W Lipscomb |
Code | NA3733 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1985/41 | Bloch, Konrad Emil: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1985 |