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August Krogh

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August Krogh

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Also known as Schack August Steenberg Krogh

Danish physiologist (1874–1949)

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August Krogh was born on 15 November 1874 and died on 13 September 1949. He received one Nobel Prize.

His work is recognized in several collections, including the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1920

    “for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
August
Gender
male
Citizenship
Danish Realm
Place of birth
Grenaa
Place of death
Copenhagen
Spouse
Marie Krogh
Child
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
Occupation
physiologist
Employer
University of Copenhagen
Languages spoken
Danish
Field of work
physiology
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August Krogh Bain 32006.jpg
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August Krogh
member of
American Philosophical Society
date of birth
1874-11-15
date of death
1949-09-13
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
influenced by
Christian Bohr
interested in
physiology
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Encyclopedic overview

Schack August Steenberg Krogh ForMemRS (15 November 1874 – 13 September 1949) was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to 1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology, and is famous for developing Krogh's 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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