Lorentz Eldjarn
Lorentz Eldjarn (23 March 1920 – 11 February 2007) was a Norwegian biochemist and medical doctor. Lorentz Eldjarn was born on 23 March 1920 in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark, Norway,[1] later moving to Haslum. He studied medicine at the University of Oslo and was associated with the Norwegian Radium Hospital.[2] His thesis from 1954 treated metabolism of cystamine and cysteamine. He was a pioneer in the development of diagnostic methods and the use of clinical / chemical laboratories.[1][3] He was inducted into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1963.[4] In 1970 he was awarded the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research,[1] and in 1976 the Anders Jahre's Award for Medical Research (1976)[5] He died on 11 February 2007 in Bærum Municipality in Akershus county.[1] References
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