Sir Hans Leo Kornberg

Note: his mother was Margarete Silberbach, not Selma Nathan

Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, FRS (14 January 1928 – 16 Dec 2019) was a British-American biochemist. He was Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry in the University of Cambridge from 1975 to 1995, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1982 to 1995

Kornberg was born in 1928 in Germany of Jewish parents, Max Kornberg (1889–1943) and Selma (née Nathan; 1886–1943). In 1939 he left Nazi Germany (although his parents could not), and moved to the care of an uncle in Yorkshire. Initially he went to a school for German refugees, but later to a private school and Wakefield Grammar School.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Kornberg

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Leo_Kornberg

cf.: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Stolpersteine_in_Bad_Salzuflen

While at Oxford, he also met and married his first wife, Monica King, a radiographer; she died in 1989. In 1991 he married Donna Haber. They lived in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Professor Kornberg was a Distinguished Supporter of Humanists UK.

He was a member of the Advisory Council for the Campaign for Science and Engineering

He was editor of the Sheffield University Rag Magazine Twikker in 1947.

He was President and a keen supporter of the Christ's College Boat Club while he was Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: the Boat Club has one boat Sir Hans named after him, and another Lady K after his wife.

He had four children: Julia Cork (b. 1957), Rachel Kornberg (b. 1959), Dr. Jonathan Kornberg and Simon Kornberg (b. 1960). Julia's daughter is singer SuRie, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

Sir Hans Kornberg died on December 16, 2019

https://prabook.com/web/hans.kornberg/645794

http://www.hotel-kleinergruenauer.de/Historie-des-Hauses

Married Monica Mary King, October 6, 1956 (deceased June 1989). Children: Julia Margaret, Rachel Elizabeth, Jonathan Paul, Simon Alexander. Married Donna Haber, July 28, 1991.

• father:Max Kornberg
• mother:Margarete (Silberbach) Kornberg
• spouse:Monica Mary King
• spouse:Donna Haber
• child:Julia Margaret Kornberg
• child:Rachel Elizabeth Kornberg
• child:Jonathan Paul Kornberg
• child:Simon Alexander Kornberg

Hans L Kornberg

• England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-2005
• Marriage date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1956
• Marriage place: Kensington, London, England
• Spouse (implied): Monica M King