
Feodor Lynen
1911 – 1979 · aged 68
German biochemist, Nobel Laureate (1911–1979)
- Born
- 6 Apr 1911 · Munich
- Died
- 6 Aug 1979 · Munich
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 6 Apr 1911BornBorn in Munich
- 1955AwardLiebig Medal
- 1961AwardCarus medal
- 1963AwardOtto Warburg Medal
- 1964AwardCentenary Prize
- 1964AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1968AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Miami
- 1971AwardPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- 1973AwardAustrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 1975AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1976AwardHonorary doctor of Paris Descartes University
- 1978AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Regensburg
- 6 Aug 1979DiedDied in Munich
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1911 – 1979).
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːodoːɐ̯ ˈlyːnən] ; 6 April 1911 – 6 August 1979) was a German biochemist. In 1964, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Konrad Bloch for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism while he was director of the Max-Planck Institute for Cellular Chemistry in Munich.
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