Editing Hans Krebs (biochemist) (section)

== Honours and awards ==
[[File:Lady Churchill, Hans Krebs, Frits Zernike 1953.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Krebs with [[Clementine Churchill]] and [[Frits Zernike]] in Stockholm in 1953]]
Krebs became a [[naturalised British citizen]] in 1939. He was elected Fellow of [[Trinity College, Oxford|Trinity College]], Oxford, 1954–1967. He was elected to the [[Royal Society]] in 1947. In 1953, he received the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for his "discovery of the citric acid cycle." (He shared the Nobel Prize with [[Fritz Lipmann]].) For the same reason he was given the [[Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award|url=http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/1953basic.htm|publisher=Lasker Foundation|access-date=29 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014000229/http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/1953basic.htm|archive-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> 

The Royal Society awarded him its [[Royal Medal]] in 1954, and [[Copley Medal]] in 1961.<ref>[https://www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Mitglieder/CV_Krebs_Hans_D.pdf Hans Krebs' CV], Leopoldina.org. Accessed 8 February 2023.</ref> He was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hans Adolf Krebs |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/hans-adolf-krebs |access-date=29 November 2022|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> 

In 1958, he received the Gold Medal of the Netherlands Society for Physics, Medical Science and Surgery. He was knighted in 1958 and was elected Honorary Fellow of [[Girton College]], [[Cambridge University]], in 1979. He was the Original Member of the [[Society for General Microbiology]], which conferred him Honorary Membership in 1980. He was also an elected member of both the [[American Philosophical Society]] and the United States [[National Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Hans+Krebs&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=29 November 2022|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hans Krebs |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/20001329.html |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> He received an honorary doctorate from 21 universities.<ref>{{cite ODNB|last1=Kronberg|first1=Hans|title=Krebs, Sir Hans Adolf (1900–1981), biochemist|volume=1|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31327|year=2004}}</ref>

In July 2015, Krebs's Nobel Prize medal was auctioned off for £225,000 (around $351,225).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-33522526|title=Sheffield academic's Nobel Prize medal sells for £225,000|publisher=BBC|date=14 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/43521/title/Krebs-Nobel-Auctioned|title=Krebs Nobel Auctioned|website=TheScientist|date=16 July 2015|author=Keener, Amanda B. }}</ref> The proceeds were used to found the Sir Hans Krebs Trust, which provides funding for doctoral students in the biomedical field and support chemists who had to flee their home countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cara.ngo/sir-hans-krebs-trust-cara-fellowships/ |title=Sir Hans Krebs Trust / Cara Fellowships |date=1 December 2015 |website=Cara |access-date=19 November 2019 }}</ref>