Background
He was born in Linköping as the son of Thure Theorell and his wife Armida Bill.
biochemist university professor
He was born in Linköping as the son of Thure Theorell and his wife Armida Bill.
In September, he began to study medicine at the Karolinska Institute and in 1924 he graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine.
Theorell went to Secondary School at Katedralskolan in Linköping and passed his examination there on 23 May 1921. He then spent three months studying bacteriology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris under Professor Albert Calmette. In 1930 he obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree with a theory on the lipids of the blood plasma, and was appointed professor in physiological chemistry at the Karolinska Institute.
His contribution also consisted of the theory of the toxic effects of sodium fluoride on the cofactors of crucial human enzymes.
He was a former head of research of the Nobel Institute, the first researcher related to the Institute to be awarded a Nobel Prize. His work had led to pioneering progress on ADH enzymes, which break down alcohol in the kidney.
He received honorary degrees at universities in France, Belgium, Brazil and the United States.
Royal Society; Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.