Marcel Florkin

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Marcel Florkin (15 August 1900 - 3 May 1979) was a Belgian biochemist. In 1951, he was the initiator of the Belgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Together with Christian de Duve, and others, he wrote a proposal for the statutes which was adopted in 1952, on the first general meeting. In 1949, he published a book concerning biochemical evolution, in which he explained the relevance of biochemistry for phylogenetic reconstructies of organisms. In later years he applied the principles of biosemiotics (indicator biology) on biochemistry. In 1946, Marcel Florkin was awarded the Francqui Prize on Biological and Medical Sciences.