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Sir Ernst Chain

(1906-1979), Biochemist

Sitter 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.

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Sir Ernst Chain, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG P555

Sir Ernst Chain

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, 1944
NPG P555

Oxford Scientists, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG P562

Oxford Scientists

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, 1944
NPG P562

Sir Ernst Chain, by Lotte Laserstein - NPG 5989

Sir Ernst Chain

by Lotte Laserstein
oil on canvas, 1945
NPG 5989

Sir Ernst Chain; Oscar Nemon, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195040

Sir Ernst Chain; Oscar Nemon

by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1944
NPG x195040

Patricia Frances Mary Fielden Nemon-Stuart (née Villiers-Stuart); Sir Ernst Chain; Oscar Nemon; Anna ('Nura') Sacharina, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195041

Patricia Frances Mary Fielden Nemon-Stuart (née Villiers-Stuart); Sir Ernst Chain; Oscar Nemon; Anna ('Nura') Sacharina

by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1944
NPG x195041

Sir Ernst Chain, by Wolfgang Suschitzky - NPG x200730

Sir Ernst Chain

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, 1944
NPG x200730

Sir Ernst Chain, by Godfrey Argent - NPG x5736

Sir Ernst Chain

by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 18 September 1969
NPG x5736

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Sir Ernst Chain

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 11 May 1949
NPG x190008

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Sir Ernst Chain

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 11 May 1949
NPG x190009

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