Ernst Chain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Chain

German scientist

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1906

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1979

Profession: chemist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: United Kingdom, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sir Ernst Boris Chain, FRS (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.