What is Jens Christian Skou?
[[File:Skou2008crop.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Skou in 2008]] {{nobelprize|Chemistry}}'''Jens Christian Skou''' ({{IPA-da|ˈjɛns kʁæsdjæn ˈsɡʌʊ̯ˀ}}; October 8, 1918 &ndash; May 28, 2018) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] medical doctor and [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureate. He was born in [[Lemvig]], Denmark. In 1997, he received the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (together with [[Paul D. Boyer]] and [[John E. Walker]]) for his discovery of [[Na+/K+-ATPase|Na<sup>+</sup>,K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1997/index.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1997|website=nobelprize.org|access-date=2017-07-05|archive-date=2008-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516210351/http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1997/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Skou_Jens_Christian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Skou_Jens_Christian |title=Jens Christian Skou |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Skou died on 28 May 2018 in [[Aarhus]], Denmark at the age of 99, five months short of his 100th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.au.dk/en/news/show/artikel/nobel-laureate-medical-doctor-and-physiologist-jens-christian-skou-has-died-aged-99/|title=Nobel Laureate, medical doctor and physiologist Jens Christian Skou has died|first=|last=103982@au.dk|website=newsroom.au.dk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://24-my.info/in-denmark-died-nobel-prize-in-chemistry/|title=In Denmark died Nobel prize in chemistry - 24-my.info|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fyens.dk/article/3259523|title=Dansk nobelprismodtager i kemi er død - 99 år|date=29 May 2018|website=www.fyens.dk}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1997/skou-autobio.html Nobelprize.org] - Autobiography of Jens Christian Skou *[http://nobelprize.org/chemis