Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year:1919
Number:83 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Joseph Barcroft
Gender:M
Profession:lecturer physiology
University:University of Cambridge
City:Cambridge
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Francis G Benedict
Gender:M
Profession:head
University:Carnegie Institution, Nutrition Laboratory
City:Boston
State:MA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Nominee 3:
Name:August S Krogh
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1874
Year, Death:1949
Profession:prof zoophysiology
University:University of Copenhagen
City:Copenhagen
Country:DENMARK (DK)
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1920
 
Motivation:Barcroft: Work on the oxygen affinity of hemoglobin and on the role played by different organs in metabolism. Benedict: Work on metabolism. Krogh: Work on respiratory methods, gas exchange in the lungs, minute volume of the heart, micro gas analysis and the effect of abnormal nutritional conditions on metabolism.
 
Nominator:
Name:Nathan Zuntz
Gender:M
Profession:prof zoophysiology
University:Berlin
City:Berlin
Country:GERMANY (DE)