Hans Krebs
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Hans Krebs was a German-born British biochemist best known for elucidating the citric acid (Krebs) cycle, a central pathway in cellular respiration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hans Krebs canonical | 1 |
| Sir Hans Krebs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5116851 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans Krebs Context triple: [Otto Warburg Medal, notableRecipient, Hans Krebs]
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A.
Fritz Lipmann
Fritz Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering coenzyme A and elucidating its central role in cellular metabolism.
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Emil Warburg
Emil Warburg was a prominent German physicist known for his influential work in thermodynamics, gas discharges, and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Otto Warburg
Otto Warburg was a German physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering research on cellular respiration and cancer metabolism, particularly the discovery of the "Warburg effect."
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D.
Conrad Elvehjem
Conrad Elvehjem was an American biochemist best known for identifying niacin as the pellagra-preventing vitamin and for his contributions to nutritional science.
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E.
Hans Kehrl
Hans Kehrl was a German economist and industrial manager who became a prominent Nazi official involved in economic planning and armaments production during the Third Reich.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hans Krebs Target entity description: Hans Krebs was a German-born British biochemist best known for elucidating the citric acid (Krebs) cycle, a central pathway in cellular respiration.
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A.
Fritz Lipmann
Fritz Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering coenzyme A and elucidating its central role in cellular metabolism.
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B.
Emil Warburg
Emil Warburg was a prominent German physicist known for his influential work in thermodynamics, gas discharges, and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Otto Warburg
Otto Warburg was a German physiologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering research on cellular respiration and cancer metabolism, particularly the discovery of the "Warburg effect."
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D.
Conrad Elvehjem
Conrad Elvehjem was an American biochemist best known for identifying niacin as the pellagra-preventing vitamin and for his contributions to nutritional science.
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E.
Hans Kehrl
Hans Kehrl was a German economist and industrial manager who became a prominent Nazi official involved in economic planning and armaments production during the Third Reich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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biochemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | MD ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
NERFINISHED
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Copley Medal ⓘ Croonian Lecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Fellow of the Royal Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight Bachelor ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| birthCountry | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1900-08-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Hildesheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfMove | Nazi persecution ⓘ |
| child | John Krebs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1981-11-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Göttingen ⓘ University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Freiburg
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford ⓘ University of Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Krebs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
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medicine ⓘ |
| givenName | Hans ⓘ |
| hasEponym |
Krebs cycle
NERFINISHED
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Krebs–Henseleit solution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Krebs cycle
NERFINISHED
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cellular respiration research ⓘ citric acid cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ ornithine cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ urea cycle ⓘ |
| memberOf |
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
NERFINISHED
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| middleName | Adolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movedTo | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Hans Adolf Krebs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Physiology or Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeSharedWith | Fritz Lipmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at University of Oxford
NERFINISHED
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head of biochemistry department at University of Sheffield ⓘ professor of biochemistry ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret Cicely Fieldhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Oxford
NERFINISHED
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Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hans Krebs Description of subject: Hans Krebs was a German-born British biochemist best known for elucidating the citric acid (Krebs) cycle, a central pathway in cellular respiration.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sir Hans Krebs