Otto Heinrich Warburg (October 8, 1883, Freiburg im Breisgau – August 1, 1970, Berlin), son of physicist Emil Warburg, was a German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate. Warburg was one of the twentieth century's leading biochemists.
Otto's father, Emil Warburg, was a distant relative of the illustrious Warburg family of Altona, who had converted to Christianity reportedly after a disagreement in the family. Emil was also President of ...
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Otto Heinrich Warburg (October 8, 1883, Freiburg im Breisgau – August 1, 1970, Berlin), son of physicist Emil Warburg, was a German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate. Warburg was one of the twentieth century's leading biochemists.
Otto's father, Emil Warburg, was a distant relative of the illustrious Warburg family of Altona, who had converted to Christianity reportedly after a disagreement in the family. Emil was also President of the Physikalische Reichsanstalt, Wirklicher Geheimer Oberregierungsrat. Otto's mother was the daughter of a Protestant family of civil servants from Baden.
Otto studied chemistry under the great Emil Fischer, and earned his Doctorate 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.
Between 1908 and 1914, Otto was affiliated with the Naples Marine Biological Station, also known as the Stazione Zoologica, in Naples, Italy, where he did research. In later...
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