Helmut Zahn

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Intro

Chemist first who synthesis of insulin

From

Germany

was

Chemist Educator

Work field

Academia Science

Gender

Male

Birth

1 January 1916, Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Death

1 January 2004, Aachen, Aachen Urban Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (aged 88 years)

Age

88 years

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Biography

Helmut Zahn (* June 13, 1916 in Erlangen; † November 14, 2004 in Aachen) was a German chemist who is often credited as the first to synthesize Insulin in 1963. His results synthesizing insulin were achieved almost simultaneously with that of Panayotis Katsoyannis at the University of Pittsburgh. His work was not honoured by the Nobel prize because in 1958 Frederick Sanger was the first who discovered the chemical structure of Insulin.

Helmut Zahn studied chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and received his PhD in 1940. He habilitated at the University of Heidelberg and became director of the Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut at the RWTH Aachen University in 1952.

Decorations and awards

Honorary doctorates from the Universities of Barcelona, Belfast, Bradford, Düsseldorf, Leeds and Liege.
1979: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
1987: Wilhelm Exner Medal.

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