Hans von Euler-Chelpin
Swedish scientist
Died when: 91 years 265 days (1100 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin (15 February 1873 – 6 November 1964) was a German-born Swedish biochemist.He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Arthur Harden for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes.
He was a professor of general and organic chemistry at Stockholm University (1906–1941) and the director of its Institute for organic-chemical research (1938–1948).
Euler-Chelpin was distantly related to Leonhard Euler.He married chemist Astrid Cleve, the daughter of the Uppsala chemist Per Teodor Cleve.
In 1970, their son Ulf von Euler, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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