Hans Gaffron

Hans Gaffron
Born	May 17, 1902(1902-05-17) Lima, Peru
Died	August 18, 1979(1979-08-18) (aged 77)^[1] Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality	German
Occupation	Chemist Biological Researcher.
Spouse	Clara Ostendorf (m. 1932–1979) ^[2]

Dr. Hans Gaffron is born in Lima, Peru, on May 17, 1902, as the son of the German physician Eduard Gaffron and his wife Hedwig von Gevekot.^[3]

He was one of the pre-eminent experts on photo synthesis and the bio-chemical processes of plant metabolism.^[4] One of his results was the find of green algae producing Hydrogen in an environment that starves them of Sulfur.^[5] This is a trait that may now be technologically exploited for the production of hydrogen fuel.^[6]

Works

Research in photosynthesis. New York, Interscience Publ., 1957. OCLC 252395040
Photosynthesis. Boston, Heath, 1965. OCLC 3038933
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Notes

^ Rürup, p. 200
^ Rürup, p. 94
^ Rürup, p. 199
^ Govindjee, p. 119
^ http://www.fotomol.uu.se/Forskning/Biomimetics/solarh/photobio.shtm
^ http://www.fotomol.uu.se/Forskning/Biomimetics/solarh/photobio.shtm

References

"Hydrogen metabolism of green algae: discovery and early research a tribute to Hans Gaffron"; Govindjee, J.T. Beatty, H. Gest, J.F. Allen. Discoveries in Photosynthesis Springer, 2006. ISBN 9781402033230, pp. 119–129
"Hans Gaffron" in Reinhard Rürup, Schicksale und Karrieren: Gedenkbuch für die von den Nationalsozialisten aus der Kaiser-wilhelm-gesellschaft Vertriebenen Forscherinnen und Forscher, Wallstein Verlag, 2008. ISBN 9783892447979

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Name	Graffon, Hans
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Date of birth	May 17, 1902
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Date of death	August 18, 1979
Place of death	Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA