Benjamin Shapira ( he, בנימין שפירא; 10 June 1913 – 1993) was an Israeli biochemist.
Biography
Benjamin Shapira was born in
Germany
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in 1913. His family
immigrated
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to
British Mandate of Palestine in 1926 and settled in
Afula
Afula ( he, עפולה Arabic: العفولة) is a city in the Northern District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley" due to its strategic location in the Jezreel Valley. As of , the city had a population of .
Afula's ancient ...
. 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
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.
See also
*
List of Israel Prize recipients
This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022.
List
For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
*
Shapira
References
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
1913 births
1993 deaths
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