| Authorised form of name | Kornberg; Sir; Hans Leo (1928 - 2019) |
| Dates | 1928 - 2019 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Herford, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Europe |
| Date of birth | 14/01/1928 |
| Date of death | 16/12/2019 |
| Activity | Education:
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
Career:
Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
Honours:
Kt 1978
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1965 |
| Age at election | 37 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1975-1977
Lectures:
Leeuwenhoek 1972 |
| OtherInfo | Hans Kornberg was a biochemist whose main achievements were elucidation of the mechanisms and regulation of several metabolic sequences, the discovery of the glyoxylate cycle and recognition of anaplerotic processes. At the age of 11, Hans moved to England, a refugee of Nazi Germany. He was educated at various boarding schools and at the University of Sheffield, from which he graduated with BSc and PhD degrees.
After seven years of postdoctoral research in the United States and at the University of Oxford, he served successively as Professor of Biochemistry at the universities of Leicester (1960–1975) and Cambridge (1975–1995). From 1982–1995, he was also Master of Christ’s College, Cambridge. Later in life, he was a University Professor and Professor of Biology at Boston University.
Hans was knighted in 1978 and received 11 honorary doctorates, as well as membership or honorary memberships of many national academies and professional scientific societies. He was awarded the UK Biochemical Society’s Colworth Medal and the Warburg Medal of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Sir Hans Kornberg FRS died on 16 December 2019. |
| Code | NA4479 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/WRS/9373 | Kornberg, Sir Hans Leo | nd |
| JV/11/7/120 | Letter from Professor Sir Hans Kornberg, FRS (Master, Christ's College, Cambridge) to Sir John Vane | 31 December 1983 |
| EC/1965/19 | Kornberg, Hans Leo: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |