Benjamin Shapira
Benjamin Shapira (Hebrew: בנימין שפירא; 10 June 1913 – 1993) was an Israeli biochemist.
Biography[]
Benjamin Shapira was born in Germany in 1913. His family immigrated to British Mandate of Palestine in 1926 and settled in Afula. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1933 and obtained a BSc in natural sciences in 1937. In 1940, he was awarded a PhD.
Awards[]
- In 1955, Shapira was awarded the Israel Prize, for medical science.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1955 (in Hebrew)". cms.education.gov.il (Israel Prize official website). Archived from the original on March 4, 2010.
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- Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
- Israel Prize in medicine recipients
- Israeli scientists
- German emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- 20th-century German Jews
- Jews in Mandatory Palestine
- People from Afula
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- 1993 deaths
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