The Saga of August Krogh
Category
Scientists & Inventors
Era / Tenure
15 November 1874 – 13 September 1949
Leaderboard Rank
#444 in Scientists & Inventors
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ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
Schack August Steenberg Krogh (15 November 1874 – 13 September 1949) was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to 1945.
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology, and is famous for developing Krogh's principle.
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
In 1920 August Krogh was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the mechanism of regulation of the capillaries in skeletal muscle.
