Sir Hans Leo Kornberg died December 16, 2019. He passed away at the age of 91. The British-American biochemist was a German decadent and a citizen of United Kingdom. His cause of death is yet unknown.
Sir Hans was a professor of Biochemistry in the University of Cambridge from 1975 to 1995, and Master of Christ’s College, Cambridge from 1982 to 1995.
He is a world renowned biochemist and has been nominated for many scientific awards and won some like the FRS and Colworth Medal in 1963.
We get to know about his death through social media. See some tributes shared below.
@telegraphobits: RT @MJ_Humphries: A lovely man. Had a relevant quote for every topic he was discussing! “Professor Sir Hans Kornberg, German-born biochemis… – 9 hours ago
@BiochemSoc: Very sad to hear of Sir Hans Kornberg’s passing. He was the first recipient of our Colworth Medal in 1963 and a former President of the Biochemical Society. We’ll reflect on his contribution to #biochemistry in the next issue of @The_Biochemist magazine