Otto Heinrich Warburg
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Otto Heinrich Warburg
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| Born |
8 October 1883 Freiburg, Baden, German Empire |
| Died | 1 August 1970 (aged 86) Berlin, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Cell biology |
| Institutions | Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology |
| Alma mater |
University of Berlin University of Heidelberg |
| Doctoral advisor |
Emil Fischer Ludolf von Krehl |
| Known for | Pathogenesis of cancer Warburg effect |
| Notable awards |
Iron Cross 1st class (1918) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1931) Pour le Mérite (Civil Class) (1952) Foreign Member of the Royal Society |
Otto Heinrich Warburg (/ˈvɑːrbʊərɡ/; 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970), son of physicist Emil Warburg, was a German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate. He served as an officer in the elite Uhlan (cavalry regiment) during the First World War, and was awarded the Iron Cross (1st Class) for bravery. Warburg is considered one of the 20th century's leading biochemists. He was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1931. In total, he was nominated for the award 47 times over the course of his career.
Warburg's father, Emil Warburg, was a member of the illustrious Warburg family of Altona, and had converted to Christianity reportedly after a disagreement with his Conservative Jewish parents. Emil was also president of the Physikalische Reichsanstalt, Wirklicher Geheimer Oberregierungsrat (True Senior Privy Counselor). His mother was the daughter of a Protestant family of bankers and civil servants from Baden.
Warburg studied chemistry under the famous Emil Fischer, and earned his Doctor of Chemistry in Berlin in 1906. He then studied under Ludolf von Krehl, and earned the degree of Doctor of Medicine in Heidelberg in 1911.
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