Benjamin Shapira

Benjamin Shapira 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.