Hugo Theorell

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Hugo Theorell

Born	July 6, 1903 Linköping, Sweden
Died	August 15, 1982
Residence	Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Field	Biochemistry
Notable prizes	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1955)

Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell (July 6, 1903 – August 15, 1982) was a Swedish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in medicine.

He was born in Linköping as the son of Thure Theorell and his wife Armida Bill. Theorell went to Secondary School at Katedralskolan in Linköping and passed his examination there on May 23, 1921. In September, he began to study medicine at the Karolinska Institute and in 1924 he graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine. He then spent three months studying bacteriology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris under Professor Albert Calmette. In 1930 he obtained his M.D. degree with a theory on the lipids of the blood plasma, and was appointed professor in physiological chemistry at the Karolinska Institute.

Theorell, who dedicated his entire career to enzyme research, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1955 for discovering the oxidation enzyme and its effects. He was a former head of research of the Nobel Institute, the first researcher related to the Institute to be awarded a Nobel Prize.

His work had lead to pioneering progress on ADH enzymes, which break down alcohol in the kidney. His work won praise in Sweden as well as around the world. And he received honorary degrees at universities in France, Belgium, Brazil and the United States.

Persondata
NAME	Theorell, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 6, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Linköping, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH	August 15, 1982
PLACE OF DEATH