Fritz Lipmann biography
Date of birth : 1899-06-12
Date of death : 1986-07-24
Birthplace : Konigsberg, Germany
Nationality : German
Category : Science and Technology
Last modified : 2011-12-19
Credited as : Biochemist, co-discoverer of coenzyme A, Nobel laureate
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Lipmann was born in Königsberg, Germany to a Jewish family.
Lipmann studied medicine at the University of Königsberg, Berlin, and Munich, graduating in Berlin in 1924. He returned to Königsberg to study chemistry under Professor Hans Meerwein. In 1926 he joined Otto Meyerhof at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Berlin, for his Ph.D. thesis. After that he followed Meyerhof to Heidelberg to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research.
From 1939 lived and worked in the USA. From 1949 to 1957 he was professor of biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School. From 1957 onwards, he taught and conducted research at Rockefeller University, New York City. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1966.
Author of books:
-Wanderings of a Biochemist (1971)
-Energy Transformation in Biological Systems (1975)
