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Gösta Carl Henrik Ehrensvärd, (10 January 1910 – 13 July 1980) was a Swedish

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. Ehrensvärd graduated with a Ph.D. in physiological chemistry from

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in 1942, and was simultaneously awarded the title as

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. He became

in biochemistry at

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in 1948,

in medicinal chemistry and biochemistry in 1949-1950, and

in biochemistry at Stockholm University College in 1950. He was LaboratorLaborator: Academic rank immediately below Professor. See: :sv:Laborator (in Swedish) between 1952 and 1956, and was appointed

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of biochemistry at

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in 1956. He was elected to the

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in 1964.

Family

Gösta Ehrensvärd was son of

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, count

Gösta Ehrensvärd Vice Admiral Count Gösta Carl Albert Ehrensvärd (10 February 1885 – 2 November 1973) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. Ehrensvärd hailed from a distinguished naval lineage, being the son of Admiral Count Carl August Ehrensvärd. His famil ...

and Anna Ehrensvärd, née Enell. In 1934, he married Ingalill Rydh, and in 1957 to Ursula Breithaupt.

Sources

Vem är det ''Vem är det'', with the subtitle ''Svensk biografisk handbok'', is a Swedish ''Who's Who'' biographical reference publication which has been published in 46 editions since 1912. References External links''Vem är det''at Project Runeberg ...

: Svensk biografisk handbok 1963'', Ed. Ingeborg Burling, P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Stockholm, 1962, p. 251.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ehrensvard, Gosta 1910 births 1980 deaths Swedish chemists Academic staff of Lund University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Members of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund Swedish counts Scientists from Stockholm