Person Kornberg; Sir; Hans Leo (1928 - 2019) Kornberg Hans Leo Sir 1928 - 2019 British Male Herford, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Europe 14/01/1928 19280114 16/12/2019 20191216

Education: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield Career: Master of Christ's College, Cambridge Honours: Kt 1978 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. Royal Society roles: Council: 1975-1977 Lectures: Leeuwenhoek 1972 Fellow 18/03/1965 37 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 14 Jan 1928 - 16 Dec 2019 NA4479 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 6006ee38-0f9c-439c-9813-6e6f32007014