Konrad Emil Bloch
Konrad Emil Bloch | |
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Born | 21 January 1912 |
Died | 15 October 2000 | (aged 88)
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Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1964) Ernest Guenther Award (1965) |
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Institutions | University of Chicago |
Konrad Emil Bloch
Life and career
Bloch was born in
In the United States, Bloch enrolled at
Bloch shared the
In 1985, Bloch became a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1988, he was awarded the National Medal of Science.[9] He was an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[10] the United States National Academy of Sciences,[11] and the American Philosophical Society.[12]
Bloch and his wife Lore Teutsch first met in Munich. They married in the U.S. in 1941. They had two children, Peter Conrad Bloch and Susan Elizabeth Bloch, and two grandchildren, Benjamin Nieman Bloch and Emilie Bloch Sondel. They lived for many decades in the mid-century modern enclave Six Moon Hill in Lexington, Massachusetts . He was fond of skiing, tennis, and music.[6] Konrad died in Burlington, Massachusetts of congestive heart failure in 2000, aged 88.[13] Lore Bloch died in 2010 aged 98.[14][15]
See also
- Biology Today, college-level biology textbook, contribution by Bloch
- List of Jewish Nobel laureates
References
- .
- ^ a b Konrad E. Bloch. Encyclopaedia Britannica
- ^ "Jewish Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine". www.jinfo.org. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- PMID 3304130.
- ^ "Konrad Bloch, Nobel winner, dies at 88". The Harvard Gazette. October 19, 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Konrad Bloch Biography (1912-)". Internet FAQ Archive. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
- ^ S. Bergström (1964-12-11). "The 1964 presentation speech of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine". Retrieved 2013-11-14., quoted by Larry Moran at Sandwalk blog in "Nobel Laureates: Konrad Bloch and Feodor Lynen," 2007-11-21.
- ^ Bloch, Konrad E. (2013). "Nobel Lecture: The Biological Synthesis of Cholesterol". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
- ^ The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details. Konrad E. Bloch. National Science Foundation. Retrieved on 2020-07-31.
- ^ "Konrad Emil Bloch". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "Konrad E. Bloch". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "Konrad Bloch, Nobel winner, dies at 88". Harvard Gazette. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ Lore Bloch Obituary - Lexington, Massachusetts. Legacy.com. Retrieved on 2020-07-31.
- ^ Lore Bloch Obituary - Lexington, MA | Boston Globe. Legacy.com (2010-02-21). Retrieved on 2020-07-31.
External links
- Konrad Emil Bloch on Nobelprize.org
- Konrad Bloch, Nobel Lecture, The biological synthesis of cholesterol, 11 December 1964
- Eugene P. Kennedy, «Konrad Bloch», Biographical Memoirs – Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (vol. 147, no. 1, 2003, pp. 67–72)
- Center for Oral History. "Konrad E. Bloch". Science History Institute.
- Bohning, James H. (22 March 1993). Konrad E. Bloch, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by James H. Bohning at Harvard University on 22 March 1993 (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: Chemical Heritage Foundation.