August Krogh
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Scandinavian History
Article abstract: Krogh won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his investigations into how the capillaries regulate the flow of blood, and thus oxygen, in the body. He also made important advances in the understanding of how the lungs exchange oxygen from the air into the bloodstream.
Early Life
Schack August Steenberg Krogh was born in the town of Grenaa in Jutland on November 15, 1874. His father, Viggo, had been a shipbuilder, but the time of the large wooden ships was past. By the time of August’s birth, he had bought a small...
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