Franz Knoop, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Knoop

German biochemist and chemist

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1875

Place of Birth: Shanghai, China

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1946

Profession: writer, chemist, biochemist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Georg Franz Knoop (20 September 1875, Shanghai – 2 August 1946, Tübingen) was a German biochemist, most well known for his discovery of the ß-oxidation of the fatty acids in 1905.Alongside Hans Adolf Krebs and Carl Martius, he clarified the reaction sequence of the citric acid cycle in 1937.
He determined the structure of histidine and demonstrated that amino acids can be synthesized not only in the plants, but also in animals.