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Krebs, Hans Adolf, Sir, 1900 - 1981

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1901 - 1981

Biography

Sir Hans Adolf Krebs was a lecturer in Biochemistry who became Professor of Biochemistry at Sheffield in 1945 before moving in 1954, to Oxford as Whitley Professor of Biochemistry. At Sheffield in 1953, Krebs was awarded a Nobel Prize for his discovery of the tricarboxylic acid cycle

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Krebs Collection

 Collection
Reference code: KRE1
Scope and Contents

A collection of around 1250 items from the library of Sir Hans Krebs. The Krebs Collection consists of over 800 books and periodicals, which have been individually catalogued, and over 400 pamphlets, newspaper cuttings and reprints of journal articles, which have been listed.

Some of the material has been annotated by Krebs.

For further details of this collection, please see the listing in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1854 - 1981

Krebs Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 116
Scope and Contents The personal and scientific papers of the biochemist Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, circa 1915 to 1982.This extensive archive comprises the personal and scientific working papers of the distinguished biochemist Sir Hans Adolf Krebs (1900-1981), Nobel prizewinner in 1953 (with Franz Lipmann) for Physiology and Medicine in recognition of his elucidation of the metabolic process known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle or citric acid cycle. The collection was assembled from several sources...
Dates: c1915 - 1982

Sorby Research Institute Collection

 Collection
Reference code: SOR1
Scope and Contents

A small collection of printed documents relating to the Sorby Research Institute at the University of Sheffield and its experimental work during World War II, and including some other works relating to those principally involved.

For a full listing for this collection please see the External Document Section below.

Dates: 1939 - 1979