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Fritz Albert Lipmann
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Fritz Albert Lipmann

1899 – 1986 · aged 87

German-American biochemist

Born
12 Jun 1899 · Königsberg
Died
24 Jul 1986 · Poughkeepsie

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 12 Jun 1899BornBorn in Königsberg
  2. 1947AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Aix-Marseille
  3. 1953AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  4. 1962AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
  5. 1966AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
  6. 1966AwardNational Medal of Science
  7. 24 Jul 1986DiedDied in Poughkeepsie

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1899 – 1986).

  1. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  2. 1914 – 1918World War I
  3. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  4. 1917Balfour Declaration
  5. 1917February Revolution
  6. 1917October Revolution
  7. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  8. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  9. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  10. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  11. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  12. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  13. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  14. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1938Munich Agreement
  16. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  17. 1939 – 1945World War II
  18. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  19. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  20. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  21. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  22. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  23. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  24. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  25. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  27. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  28. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  30. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  31. 1956Suez Crisis
  32. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  34. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  36. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  38. 1968Prague Spring
  39. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  40. 19721972 Summer Olympics

Biography

Fritz Albert Lipmann (German pronunciation: [fʁɪts ˈʔalbɛʁt ˈlɪpman] ; June 12, 1899 – July 24, 1986) was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953 (shared with Hans Adolf Krebs).

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