Eduard Buchner

Chemist

Birthday May 20, 1860

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Germany

DEATH DATE Aug 13, 1917 (57)

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About

A German chemist who is best known for his work with cell-free sugar fermentation. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his important work in 1907.

Before Fame

He received a doctorate from the University of Munich in 1888.

Trivia

He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1907 for proving that living yeast cells were not needed for sugar fermentation.

Family Life

He married Lotte Stahl in 1900.

Associated With

He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry four years before Madame Curie did.