Otto Fritz Meyerhof

Otto Fritz Meyerhof (April 12, 1884 – October 6, 1951) was a German-born physician and biochemist. Meyerhof was born in Hanover, the son of wealthy Jewish parents. He spent most of his childhood in Berlin, where he started his study of medicine. He continued these studies in Strasbourg and Heidelberg, from which he graduated in 1909, with a work titled "Contributions to the psychological Theory of mental illness." In Heidelberg, he met Hedwig Sch... more

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  • Apr 12, 1884

Date of death:

  • Oct 6, 1951 (age 67 years)

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Awards Won:

Year Award Notes/Description
  • 1922
  • "for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle"
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