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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1940s (43) 1945 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1906 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Germany (84) Berlin (10) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1979 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) Republic of Ireland (3) Castlebar (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) E (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) C (49) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) E (31) Ernst (3) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) United Kingdom (64) Oxford (10) University of Oxford (10) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Berlin (62) Humboldt University of Berlin (56) Alumni (32) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Cambridge (118) University of Cambridge (118) Short-term academic staff (54) London (82) Imperial College London (20) Long-term academic staff (10) Oxford (69) University of Oxford (69) Short-term academic staff (36) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Académie Nationale de Médecine (34) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL (36) E-P (571) F (89) French Academy of Sciences (89) L (51) Lincean Academy (51) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) K-L (297) K (173) Knight Bachelor (22) O-P (364) O (205) Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1) P (242) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (21) complete name: Ernst Boris Chain nobel prize: medicine award year: 1945 together with: Alexander Fleming together with: Howard Florey prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 was awarded jointly to Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Ernst family name: Chain occupation: physician occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: Imperial College London, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom description: Ernst Boris Chain was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/summary/> date birth: 1906 date death: 1979 usual name: Ernst Chain