Born Ernst Boris Chain in Germany. Biochemist. Moved to England in 1933. 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work on penicillin. Founder of Imperial College's Biochemistry Department 1964. Knighted in 1969. Died in hospital in Ireland.
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Professor Sir Ernst Chain
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Nature
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Bicycle - hobby horse
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Sir Edward Appleton
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Sir William Siemens
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