Hans Lineweaver
Male, Deceased Person
1907 – 2009
Who was Hans Lineweaver?
Hans Lineweaver was an American physical chemist, who developed the Lineweaver–Burk plot. The paper containing the equation, also known as the Double Reciprocal Plot, was co-authored by Dr. Dean Burk, and was entitled "The Determination of Enzyme Dissociation Constants". It remains the most frequently cited paper ever to appear in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Lineweaver developed the Lineweaver–Burk equation in 1934 while still a graduate student, working as a laboratory assistant under Burk at the US Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. He is an internationally recognized authority on food technology as it is applied to the processing, preservation and safety of poultry and eggs.
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1907
Pickens, West Virginia - Education
- George Washington University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Died
- Jun 10, 2009
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on July 23, 2013
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