| Authorised form of name | Meyerhof; Otto Fritz (1884 - 1951) |
| Dates | 1884 - 1951 |
| Place of birth | Hannover, Germany |
| Date of birth | 12 April 1884 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Date of death | 06/10/1951 |
| Research field | Biochemistry |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1922 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 17/06/1937 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1954 vol 9 pp 175-200, plate, by R A Peters
References:
Joseph Needham, 'Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, OM, FRS (1861-1947)' in NR 1962 vol 17 pp 117-162
Brown, A. (2023) 'Bound by muscle: biological science, humanism, and the lives of A.V. Hill and Otto Meyerhof' (Oxford U.P.) |
| Code | NA1050 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1937/20 | Meyerhof, Otto: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/003077 | Meyerhof, Otto Fritz | nd |
| RR/65/200 | Referee's report by Otto Fritz Meyerhof, on a paper 'Morphogenesis and metabolism: studies with the cartesian diver ultramicromanometer II. Effect of dinitro-o-cresol on the anaerobic glycolysis of the regions of the amphibian gastrula' by Joseph Needham and E J Boell | 1939 |
| RR/65/202 | Referee's report by Otto Fritz Meyerhof, on a paper 'Morphogenesis and metabolism: studies with the cartesian diver ultramicromanometer III. Respiratory rate of the regions of the amphibian gastrula' by Joseph Needham and E J Boell | 1939 |
| RR/65/197 | Referee's report by Otto Fritz Meyerhof, on a paper 'Morphogenesis and metabolism: studies with the cartesian diver ultramicromanometer IV. Respiratory quotient of the regions of the amphibian gastrula' by Joseph Needham, E J Boell and Henri Koch | 1938 |
| RR/65/198 | Referee's report by Otto Fritz Meyerhof, on a paper 'Morphogenesis and metabolism: studies with the Cartesian diver ultramicro-manometer V. Aerobic glycolysis measurements on the regions of the amphibian gastrula' by Joseph Needham, Veronica Rogers and Shih-chang Shen | 1939 |