Otto Fritz Meyerhof
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Otto Fritz Meyerhof was a German physician and biochemist renowned for his pioneering work on muscle metabolism and glycolysis, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Otto Fritz Meyerhof canonical | 1 |
| Otto Meyerhof | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7454099 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Fritz Meyerhof Context triple: [A. V. Hill, sharedNobelPrizeWith, Otto Fritz Meyerhof]
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A.
Fritz Lipmann
Fritz Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering coenzyme A and elucidating its central role in cellular metabolism.
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B.
Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine physician and biochemist who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in carbohydrate metabolism.
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C.
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist renowned for discovering DNA polymerase and elucidating the mechanisms of DNA replication, work for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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D.
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian physiologist who won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries related to vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle.
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E.
Eduard Buchner
Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on cell-free fermentation, which helped establish biochemistry as a distinct scientific discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Otto Fritz Meyerhof Target entity description: Otto Fritz Meyerhof was a German physician and biochemist renowned for his pioneering work on muscle metabolism and glycolysis, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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A.
Fritz Lipmann
Fritz Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering coenzyme A and elucidating its central role in cellular metabolism.
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B.
Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine physician and biochemist who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in carbohydrate metabolism.
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C.
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist renowned for discovering DNA polymerase and elucidating the mechanisms of DNA replication, work for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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D.
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian physiologist who won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries related to vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle.
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E.
Eduard Buchner
Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on cell-free fermentation, which helped establish biochemistry as a distinct scientific discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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biochemist ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in medicine ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize
ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Philipps University of Marburg Nobel laureate recognition ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| child | Gottfried Meyerhof ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1884-04-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-10-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Berlin
ⓘ
linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Heidelberg ⓘ
linked to:
Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
University of Kiel ⓘ University of Strasbourg ⓘ |
| employer |
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology
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Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research ⓘ University of Kiel ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Meyerhof ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
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glycolysis ⓘ medicine ⓘ metabolism ⓘ muscle physiology ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| givenName | Otto ⓘ |
| influenced | later research on cellular respiration and bioenergetics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Archibald Vivian Hill
ⓘ
linked to:
A. V. Hill
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| middleName | Fritz ⓘ |
| movement | German-Jewish scientific emigration during the Nazi era ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Heinz Holter ⓘ |
| notableWork |
elucidation of the relationship between oxygen consumption and lactic acid metabolism in muscle
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research on muscle metabolism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
German Empire
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Hanover ⓘ Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| placeOfDeath |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of the Department of Physiology at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Hedwig Schallenberg ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
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Heidelberg ⓘ Kiel ⓘ
linked to:
Kiel, Germany
Philadelphia ⓘ |
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Subject: Otto Fritz Meyerhof Description of subject: Otto Fritz Meyerhof was a German physician and biochemist renowned for his pioneering work on muscle metabolism and glycolysis, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Otto Fritz Meyerhof