Authorised form of name | Chain; Sir; Ernst Boris (1906 - 1979); biochemist |
Surname | Chain |
Forenames | Ernst Boris |
Dates | 1906 - 1979 |
Dates and places | Birth: Berlin, Germany (19 June 1906) Death: Mulranny, Ireland (12 August 1979) |
Activity | Research Field: Biochemistry Honours: Kt 1969 |
Royal Society activity | Membership: Fellow Election Date: 17/03/1949 Medals/Prizes: Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1945 |
Sources | Sources: DSB vol 17 pp 148-150 AssocMaterial: CSAC 92/3/83. Papers deposited in the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1983 vol 29 pp 43-91, plate, by Sir Edward Abraham References: Henry Harris, 'Howard Florey and the Development of Penicillin' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 243-252 Sir Arnold Burgen, review of Trevor I Williams, Howard Florey - Penicillin and After in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 136-137 R Kohn, 'The pharmacological basis of the Kohn Foundation: lecture to commemorate the presentation of Dr Ralph Kohn FRS at the New Fellows' Seminar 2006' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 239-245 |
Royal Society code | NA2255 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1949/06 | Chain, Sir Ernst Boris: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
HWT/20/57 | Correspondence and papers regarding visit of Swiss Delegation, general review of European Exchange Programme, European Physical Society, Royal Society/Israel Academy exchanges and French RSEP nominations | March 1970 |
CMB/281/48 | Notes on papers passed for publication in the Proceedings | 1962 |
IM/GA/AR/7070 | Chain, Sir Ernst Boris | nd |
IM/GA/WS/3504 | Chain, Sir Ernst Boris | nd |
MM/22/96 | Letter from W E van Heyningen to the Editor, The Sunday Times, Kemsley House, London, WC1 | 10 March 1959 |
WF/78A | Grant application from Imperial College London to the Wolfson Foundation | 1958-2011 |
CMB/281/21 | Notes on papers passed for publication in the Proceedings | 1960 |
CMB/281/32 | Notes on papers passed for publication in the Proceedings | 1961 |
PB/1/33/3/1 | Companion of Honour | 1965 |
CMB/281/56 | Notes on papers passed for publication in the Proceedings | March 1963 |
CMB/281/44 | Notes on papers passed for publication in the Proceedings | 1962 |
PB/1/33/2 | Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society | 1956 |