Arthur Harden

@Biochemists, Life Achievements and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Sir Arthur Harden was a famous English biochemist British University Of Manchester Scientists Chemists Biochemists Libra Celebrities Sir Arthur Harden was a famous English biochemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 for his work on the fermentation of sugar and the fermentative enzyme actions. The problem of the chemistry of yeast cell had always greatly intrigued him. His prior study of the action of light on mixtures of carbon dioxide and chlorine helped him apply these methods to the examination of the chemical action of bacteria and alcoholic fermentation. Harden studied the chemistry of the fermentation of sugar by yeast juice for over 20 years. This included the confirmation of Carl Neuberg’s discovery of carboxylase in yeast and the investigation of peroxidase and invertase. He also examined the role of inorganic salts in fermentation. This expanded the knowledge of intermediary metabolic processes and created a foundation for many biologists in similar fields. Harden also published papers on the antiscorbutic and antineuritic vitamins and their presence in food and drinks. He established the synthesis of the antiberiberi factor by yeast and by removing sugars, organic acids, and proteins from lemon juice, he prepared a concentrate with enhanced antiscorbutic activity that could treat infant scurvy. Throughout his career, he wrote and edited many chemistry textbooks. He also collaborated with Sir H. E. Roscoe in a study of Dalton’s notebooks.

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Birthday: October 12, 1865 Died on: June 17, 1940 Nationality: British Famous: University Of Manchester, Scientists, Chemists, Biochemists Known as: Гарден, Артур Universities: University Of Manchester University of Erlangen-Nuremberg University of Manchester Victoria University of Manchester Notable Alumnis: University Of Manchester Information Detail Birthday October 12, 1865 Died on June 17, 1940 Nationality British Famous University Of Manchester, Scientists, Chemists, Biochemists Known as Гарден, Артур Universities University Of Manchester University of Erlangen-Nuremberg University of Manchester Victoria University of Manchester Notable Alumnis University Of Manchester Birth Place Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Gender Male Sun Sign Libra Born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Famous as Biochemist Died at Age 74

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In 1890, Harden got married to Georgina Sydeny Bridge, a citizen of Christchurch, New Zealand. They had no children. Unsplash Personal Life

His wife died in 1928, two years before Harden retired from the Lister Institute. Unsplash Personal Life

Arthur Harden died of a progressive nervous disease on 17 June 1940 at his home in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, UK. Unsplash Personal Life

Arthur Harden was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, on October 12, 1865. His father was Albert Tyas Harden, a Manchester businessman and his mother was Eliza Macalister. He was the only son among eight daughters. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Harden maintained his family’s nonconformist and austere way of living throughout his life. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

From 1873 to 1877, he was educated at a private school in Victoria Park. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

For the next four years, he studied at Tettenhall College, Staffordshire. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1882, he entered The Owens College in the University of Manchester and started studying under Sir H.E. Roscoe. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After completing his Ph.D, Harden became a junior lecturer at the University of Manchester. He was later promoted to the position of senior lecturer and demonstrator. Unsplash Career

Harden and Roscoe co-authored ‘A New View of the Origin of Dalton’s Atomic Theory’ which was published in 1896. Unsplash Career

In 1897, he published a paper on the composition of the bronze and iron tools discovered by Flinders Petrie. Unsplash Career

In 1897 Harden became head of the chemistry department at the British Institute of Preventive Medicine (Lister Institute) and started his research in microbiological chemistry. Unsplash Career

In 1907 he was appointed Head of the Biochemical Department. He held this position until his retirement in 1930. Unsplash Career

Arthur Harden worked with William John Young to show that the capacity of yeast juice to ferment glucose was influenced by the addition of boiled yeast juice. They also found that phosphate combined with glucose, fructose, or mannose forms a hexose diphosphate, which can be hydrolyzed by a phosphatase present in the juice. Harden’s identification of the presence of phosphate esters in fermentation liquors was significant as it directed the attention of other researchers to phosphorus compounds as intermediates in fermentation and muscular respiration. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	October 12, 1865
Died on	June 17, 1940
Nationality	British
Famous	University Of Manchester, Scientists, Chemists, Biochemists
Known as	Гарден, Артур
Universities	University Of Manchester University of Erlangen-Nuremberg University of Manchester Victoria University of Manchester
Notable Alumnis	University Of Manchester
Birth Place	Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Libra
Born in	Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Famous as	Biochemist
Died at Age	74

Arthur Harden

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Oct 12, 1865

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Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom