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Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen

German biochemist, Nobel Laureate (1911-1979) · Germany · Academics · Died at 68

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Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen 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...

A life in dates

2009Hall of Fame of German ResearchAward1979Died6 August 19791978Honorary Doctor of the University of RegensburgAward1976Honorary Doctor of Paris Descartes UniversityAward1975Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1973Austrian Decoration for Science and ArtAward1968Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward1964Centenary PrizeAwardNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineAward1963Otto Warburg MedalAward1961Carus medalAward1955Liebig MedalAward1911Born6 April 1911

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Awards

Hall of Fame of German Research2009
Honorary Doctor of the University of Regensburg1978
Honorary Doctor of Paris Descartes University1976
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1975
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art1973
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami1968
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1964
Centenary Prize1964
Otto Warburg Medal1963
Carus medal1961
Liebig Medal1955
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Spouse: Eva Wieland

About this person

Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen 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.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1979 · aged 68

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