Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans von Euler-Chelpin

Swedish scientist

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1873

Place of Birth: Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Nov-1964

Profession: military personnel, chemist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: Sweden, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin (15 February 1873 – 6 November 1964) was a German-born Swedish biochemist.
He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Arthur Harden for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes.
He was a professor of general and organic chemistry at Stockholm University (1906–1941) and the director of its Institute for organic-chemical research (1938–1948).
Euler-Chelpin married Astrid Cleve, the daughter of the Uppsala chemist Per Teodor Cleve and was the great-great-great grandson of Leonhard Euler.
In 1970, his son Ulf von Euler, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.