Arthur Harden
Sir Arthur Harden FRS | |
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| Doctoral advisor | Otto Fischer |
| Doctoral students | Roland Victor Norris Ida Maclean |
Sir Arthur Harden,
He was a founding member of the Biochemical Society and editor of its journal for 25 years.Biography
Early years
Arthur was born to Scottish Presbyterian businessman Albert Tyas Harden and Eliza Macalister. His early education was at a private school in Victoria Park run by Dr Ernest Adam. He went to study in 1877 at a
Owens College, now the University of Manchester, in 1882, graduating in 1885. He studied chemistry under Professor Roscoe at Owens College and was influenced by J.B. Cohen.[4]
Research
In 1886 Harden was awarded the Dalton Scholarship in Chemistry and spent a year working with Otto Fischer at
Lister Institute. He earned the degree Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) from the Victoria University (which included Owens College) in June 1902.[5] Five years later, in 1907 he was appointed Head of the Biochemical Department, a position which he held until his retirement in 1930 (though he continued his scientific work at the Institute after his retirement).[4]
At Manchester, Harden had studied the action of light on mixtures of
Harden was knighted in 1926, and received several honorary doctorates. A Fellow of the Royal Society,[1] he received the Davy Medal in 1935.
"Harden–Young ester"
Harden's work on glycolysis in yeast with
aldolase
.
Personal life
Harden married Georgina Sydney Bridge (died January 1928) in 1900 and they had no children.[6]
See also
References
External links
- Arthur Harden on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, 12 December 1929 The Function of Phosphate in Alcoholic Fermentation
- Works by Arthur Harden at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Arthur Harden at Internet Archive
Media related to Arthur Harden (biochemist) at Wikimedia Commons
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