Euler‐Chelpin, Hans Karl August Simon von

Katherine D Watson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002939

1873–1964 German- born Swedish biochemist who clarified the role played by enzymes in alcoholic fermentation.

Keywords: enzyme; coenzyme; cozymase; fermentation

 Further Reading
    book Euler-Chelpin H von (1920–1934) Chemie der Enzyme, 2 vols in 4 parts. Munich: JF Bergmann.
    book Euler-Chelpin H von and Lindner P (1915) Chemie der Hefe und der alkoholischen Gärung. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.
    book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    book Farber E (1963) Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry 1901–1961. London: Abelard-Schuman.
    book James LK (ed.) (1993) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation.
    book McMurray EJ (ed.) (1995) Notable Twentieth Century Scientists. New York and London: Gale Research.
    book Wasson T (ed.) (1987) Nobel Prize Winners. New York: HW Wilson Company.

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Watson, Katherine D(Apr 2001) Euler‐Chelpin, Hans Karl August Simon von. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002939]