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Biographical entry Edman, Pehr Victor (1916 - 1977)
FAA, FRS
- Born
- 14 April 1916
Stockholm, Sweden - Died
- 19 March 1977
Munich, Germany - Occupation
- Medical scientist
Summary
Pehr Victor Edman worked in the area of protein biochemistry. He was educated at the Karolinska Institute where he remained for a year after graduating and then spent a long period of war service in the medical corps of the Swedish Army. Edman came to Australia in 1957 to work as Director of St Vincent's School of Medical Research, Melbourne and returned to Europe in 1972 as Director of Protein Chemistry I at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry.
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Events
- 1938
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden
- 1946
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Med.Lic. completed at the Karolinska Institute
- 1946 - 1947
- Career position - Scientists in the Northrop-Kunitz laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research in Princeton, USA
- 1947 - 1957
- Career position - Associate Professor at the University of Lund, Sweden
- 1957 - 1972
- Career position - Inaugural John Holt Director of Research at St Vincent's School of Medical Research in Melbourne
- 1965
- Life event - Granted Australian citizenship
- 1968
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1968
- Award - Britannica Australia Science Prize received
- 1971
- Award - Gold Medal of the Swedish Society of Physicians and Surgeons received
- 1972 - 1977
- Career position - Director of Protein Chemistry I at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry
- 1974 -
- Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Morgan, F. J., 'Edman, Pehr Victor (1916-1977), Biochemist and Medical Researcher', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 78-79. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140089b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Morgan, F. J., 'Pehr Victor Edman 1916-1977', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 8, no. 2, 1990, pp. 85-88. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9900820085.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Edman, Pehr Victor', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469822. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 June 2006
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