Ernst Boris Chain was fascinated with science, just like his father, but when Adolf Hitler came into power, Ernst Boris Chain was forced to flee to Great Britain in order to further his studies instead of being forced into a concentration camp.
Ernst Boris Chain was “the son of a wealthy chemist,” and as he was growing up in Berlin, “Chain became interested in chemistry while he was a student at the Luisengymnasium in Berlin” (World of Health; Science and Its Times).
While in school, “both his teachers and his visits to his father's workplace stimulated his interest in chemistry and biochemistry,” and they were able to guide him in becoming a successful chemist (Science and Its Times).
When Adolf Hitler assumed power in 1933, Ernst Boris Chain “immigrated to …show more content…
In 1945, Ernst Boris Chain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for creating Penicillin and “in addition to the Nobel Prize, he received many honorary degrees and awards, including the Silver Berzelius Medal of the Swedish Medical Society, the Pasteur Medal of the Pasteur Institute and the Societé de Chimie Biologique, the Paul Ehrlich Centenary Prize, the Gold Medal for Therapeutics of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London,” and “was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1969” (Science and Its Times; Encyclopedia of World Biography).
After creating Penicillin, Chain also went on to research, “snake venoms, tumor metabolism, the mechanism of lysozyme action, the carbohydrate-amino acid relationship in nervous tissue, the mode of action of insulin, fermentation technology” along with many other research projects to improve the quality of life (Science and Its
Ernst Boris Chain was “the son of a wealthy chemist,” and as he was growing up in Berlin, “Chain became interested in chemistry while he was a student at the Luisengymnasium in Berlin” (World of Health; Science and Its Times).
While in school, “both his teachers and his visits to his father's workplace stimulated his interest in chemistry and biochemistry,” and they were able to guide him in becoming a successful chemist (Science and Its Times).
When Adolf Hitler assumed power in 1933, Ernst Boris Chain “immigrated to …show more content…
In 1945, Ernst Boris Chain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for creating Penicillin and “in addition to the Nobel Prize, he received many honorary degrees and awards, including the Silver Berzelius Medal of the Swedish Medical Society, the Pasteur Medal of the Pasteur Institute and the Societé de Chimie Biologique, the Paul Ehrlich Centenary Prize, the Gold Medal for Therapeutics of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London,” and “was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1969” (Science and Its Times; Encyclopedia of World Biography).
After creating Penicillin, Chain also went on to research, “snake venoms, tumor metabolism, the mechanism of lysozyme action, the carbohydrate-amino acid relationship in nervous tissue, the mode of action of insulin, fermentation technology” along with many other research projects to improve the quality of life (Science and Its