Arthur Harden
Arthur Harden | |
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| Born | 12 October 1865 |
| Died | 17 June 1940 (aged 74) Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England, UK |
| Education | Owens College (now University of Manchester) (MSc), University of Erlangen (PhD) |
| Known for | Harden–Young ester, chemistry of the yeast cell |
| Spouse | Georgina Sydney Bridge |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1929) Davy Medal (1935) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Lister Institute, Victoria University |
| Doctoral advisor | Otto Fischer |
| Doctoral students | Roland Victor Norris Ida Maclean |
Sir Arthur Harden, FRS (12 October 1865 – 17 June 1940) was a British biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin for their investigations into the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes. He was a founding member of the Biochemical Society and editor of the Biochemical Journal for 25 years.