Parnas, Jakub Karol, 1884-1949

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Name (Latin)
Parnas, Jakub Karol, 1884-1949
Date of birth
1884-01-16
Date of death
1949-01-29
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 8286548
Wikidata: Q715790
Library of congress: nr 94018167
Sources of Information
  • Lwowskie środowisko naukowe w latach 1939-1945 ; O Jakubie Karolu Parnasie, 1993:
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Wikipedia description:

Jakub Karol Parnas, also known as Yakov Oskarovich Parnas (Russian: Яков Оскарович Парнас; January 16, 1884 – January 29, 1949) was a prominent Polish–Soviet biochemist who contributed to the discovery of the Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas pathway, together with Otto Fritz Meyerhof and Gustav Embden. He became a Soviet activist after the annexation of Western Ukraine in 1939. He was arrested during the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee affair in 1949 and died in the prison, reportedly of heart attack.

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