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Chemist
Eduard Buchner
Famoose for
Demonstrating that fermentation can occur without living yeast cells.
Cell-free fermentation · Nobel Prize
- Born
- 20 May 1860
- Birthplace
- Munich
- Died
- 13 August 1917
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Eduard Buchner
Eduard Buchner was a German chemist whose experiments helped establish the study of biochemical reactions outside living cells.
Early life
Studies
Studied chemistry and botany in Munich and completed his doctorate in 1888.
Career
- 1889
Munich laboratory
Became an assistant lecturer.
- 1898
Berlin
Took a chemistry chair at the Agricultural University.
- 1911
Würzburg
Moved to the university.
Contributions
Cell-free fermentation
Showed that yeast extract could ferment sugar.
Nobel Prize
Received the chemistry prize for his biochemical investigations.
Beyond research
Family
His older brother Hans was a bacteriologist.
Sources & photo credit
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