Sir Ernst Chain FRS
(1906-1979)

Sir Ernst Chain 1906-1979 biochemist and developer of penicillin lived here

9 North View, Wimbledon Common, SW19 Merton, London, United Kingdom where they lived

This rose garden was given in honour of the research workers in this university who discovered the clinical importance of penicillin. For saving of life, relief of suffering and inspiration to further research all mankind is in their debt. Those who did this work were E. P. Abraham, E. Chain, C. M. Fletcher, H. W. Florey, M. E. Florey, A. D. Gardner, N. G. Heatley, M. A. Jennings, J. Orr-Ewing, A. G. Sanders.

Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford, United Kingdom where they worked near

In this building Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, Norman Heatley & colleagues first isolated and purified penicillin for the treatment of bacterial infection, 1938-1941

Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom where they worked

Prof Sir Ernst Chain 1906-1979 Nobel Prize Winner - Penicillin 1945 Founder Imperial College's Biochemistry Department 1964

Sir Ernst Chain Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom where they worked

Für die Entwicklung des Pencillins erhielt Ernst Boris Chain Tiergarten 19.9.1906-12.8.1979 Ireland. Im Jahre 1945 den Nobelpreis für Medizin gemeinsam mit Sir Alexander Fleming und Sir Howard Walter Florey. Bis zu seiner emigration 1933 lebte der biochemiker Ernst Boris Chain in seinem Heimatbezirk Tiergarten.

English translation: For the development of the pencillin, Ernst Boris Chain. Tiergarten 19.9.1906-12.8.1979 Ireland. In 1945, he received the Nobel Prize in Medicine together with Sir Alexander Fleming and Sir Howard Walter Florey. Until his emigration in 1933, the biochemist Ernst Boris Chain lived in his home district of Tiergarten.

Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany where they lived