Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
(1900-1981), BiochemistSitter in 12 portraits
Biochemist; born in Germany, Krebs emigrated to Britain in 1933, studied at Cambridge and later taught at Sheffield and Oxford. His discovery in 1937 of the 'Krebs cycle' of chemical reactions was critical to the understanding of cell metabolism and earned him, with Fritz Lipmann, the 1953 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 8 May 1947
NPG x188728
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 8 May 1947
NPG x188729
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
modern resin print from original negative, 23 October 1953
NPG x88332
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, April 1958
NPG x90166
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, February 1958
NPG x168801
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 23 March 1961
NPG x170793
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 23 March 1961
NPG x170794
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 23 March 1961
NPG x170795
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 18 July 1967
NPG x172279
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 18 July 1967
NPG x172280
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 17 December 1969
NPG x165940
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