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Shack August Steenberg Krogh, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1920 | |
| Also Known As: | "Shack August Steenberg Krogh" |
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| Birthplace: | Lillegade 50, Grenaa, Jylland, Danmark |
| Death: | Died in Copenhagen |
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Son of Andreas Viggo Ditlev Krogh and Maria Krogh |
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| Occupation: | 1920 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine |
| Managed by: | Malka Mysels |
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About August Krogh, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1920
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Schack August Steenberg Krogh (November 15, 1874 – September 13, 1949) was a Danish professor with partly Romani background (Romani mother) at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916-1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology, and is famous for developing the Krogh Principle.
In 1920 August Krogh was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the mechanism of regulation of the capillaries in skeletal muscle. Krogh was first to describe the adaptation of blood perfusion in muscle and other organs according to demands through opening and closing the arterioles and capillaries.
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August Krogh, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1920's Timeline
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November 15, 1874
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Jylland, Danmark
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1908
Age 33
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September 13, 1949
Age 74
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Copenhagen
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