Sir Ernst Chain
(1906-1979), BiochemistSitter in 9 portraits
Berlin-born biochemist, whose major contribution to medicine was to purify penicillin, making it stable enough to cure bacterial infections. Chain came to England in 1933, conducting his research in Oxford. In 1945 he shared a Nobel Prize with his colleague Howard Florey, and Alexander Fleming, who had discovered penicillin. He received a knighthood in 1969.
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, 1944
NPG P555
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, 1944
NPG P562
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1944
NPG x195040
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1944
NPG x195041
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, 1944
NPG x200730
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by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 18 September 1969
NPG x5736
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