August Krogh
August Krogh was a Danish physiologist. Born November 15, 1874, in Grenaa. Died September 13, 1949, in Copenhagen. Educated at University of Copenhagen and Aarhus Katedralskole. Awards include Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Croonian Medal and Lecture and honorary doctor of Harvard University.
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- Described as
- Danish physiologist (1874–1949)
- Other names
- Schack August Steenberg Krogh
- Born
- November 15, 1874 · 8 references
- Died
- September 13, 1949 · 7 references
- Born in
- Grenaa
- Died in
- Copenhagen · 2 references
- Citizen of
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- physician; zoologist; pedagogue; university teacher; physiologist · 1 reference; naturalist · 1 reference
- Worked for
- University of Copenhagen
- Education
- University of Copenhagen; Aarhus Katedralskole
- Member of
- Royal Society of London; Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities (1932–); German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1925–); Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Royal Physiographic Society in Lund; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters; National Academy of Sciences (1937–); American Philosophical Society (1941–)
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1920) · 2 references; Croonian Medal and Lecture (1940); honorary doctor of Harvard University; Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford; honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh; honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo; Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1937) · 1 reference; Baly Medal (1945); honorary doctorate of Lund University; Silliman Memorial Lectures (1922)
- Field
- physiology
- Spouse
- Marie Krogh (1905–) · 2 references
- Children
- Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
- Wikipedias with a page
- 64
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 14, 2026 · revision 1378759487
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. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology, and is famous for developing Krogh's principle.
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. Krogh was first to describe the adaptation of blood perfusion in muscle and other organs according to demands through opening and closing the arterioles and capillaries.
Besides his contributions to medicine, Krogh was also one of the founders of what is today the Novo company.
- Born, in its opening lines
- November 15, 1874
- Died, in its opening lines
- September 13, 1949
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