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Biography of Otto WarburgName: Otto WarburgBirth Date: October 8, 1883 Death Date: April 1, 1970 Place of Birth: Freiburg, Germany Nationality: German Gender: Male Occupations: biochemist Otto Warburg Biochemist Otto Warburg (1883-1970) discovered cell oxidation and identified the iron-enzyme complex, which catalyzes cell oxidation. For this work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1931.Otto Warburg is considered one of the world's foremost biochemists. His achievements include discovering the mechanism of cell oxidation and identifying the iron-enzyme complex, which catalyzes this process. He also made great strides in developing new experimental techniques, such as a method for studying the respiration of intact cells using a device he invented. His work was recognized with a Nobel Prize for medicine and physiology in 1931.Otto Heinrich Warburg was born on October 8, 1883, in Freiburg, Germany, to Emil Gabriel Warburg and Elizabeth Gaertner. Warburg was one of four children and the only boy. His father was a physicist of note and held the prestigious Chair in Physics at University of Berlin. The Warburg household often hosted prominent guests from the …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…publicationAt the time of Warburg's death:Richard Nixon was president of the United StatesNational Guardsmen killed four student demonstrators at Kent State UniversityFirst New York City Marathon heldDivorce became legal in ItalyErich Segal'sLove Story publishedThe times:1880s-present: Post-Impressionism period in art1914-1918: World War I1914-1965: Modernist Period of English literature1939-1945: World War II1950-1953: Korean WarWarburg's contemporaries:Richard Strauss (1864-1949) German composerHenri Matisse (1869-1954) French artistAlexander Fleming (1881-1955) Scottish bacteriologistSister Elizabeth Kenny (1886-1952) Australian nurseMartin Heidegger (1889-1976) German philosopherJohn F. Enders (1897-1985) American virologistVladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) Russian-American novelistLinus Pauling (1901-1994) American chemistAlbert Sabin (1906-1993) Polish-American microbiologistSelected world events:1913: American Cancer Society founded1922: Insulin first used to treat diabetics1926: James Batchellor Sumner proved enzymes are proteins1932: Route 66 opened1939: FM radios sold for first time1945: Alton Ochsner noted connection between lung cancer and cigarette smoking1954: France granted independence to South Vietnam1961: Joseph Heller's Catch-22 published1968: Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated Further Reading booksKrebs, Hans, Otto Warburg: Cell Physiologist, Biochemist and Eccentric, Clarendon Press, 1981. |