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Ernst Chain
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<p>Sir Ernst Boris Chain (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-born British biochemist and co-recipient of the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine/rlnpJX84">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a> for his work on <a href="/facts/Penicillin/Abo8VQ3p">penicillin</a>. </p>