Krogh

[ krawkh ]

/ krɔx /

(Schack) Au·guste (Steen·berg)

[shahk -ou-goost -steen-barg], /ˈʃɑk ˈaʊ gʊst ˈstin bærg/, 1874–1949, Danish physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1920.

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Dean and another panelist, Egil “Bud” Krogh, went to jail in the coverup.
Watergate Remembered Four Decades Later at Washington Post Party|Howard Kurtz|June 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Egholm looked across reproachfully at Krogh, the old blacksmith, who stood on the beach with his jaws drooping as ever.
Egholm and his God|Johannes Buchholtz
This observation was apparently forgotten until revived again by Krogh recently.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
Mr. Krogh thought that a conference with the British should first be requested, but no proposals made for the present.
The Peace Negotiations|J. D. Kestell

He explained it all, the parts that were there and the rest that should be added as soon as Krogh had got the turbine finished.
Egholm and his God|Johannes Buchholtz
Krogh, the old blacksmith, worked away at it till his yellow drooping jaws shook.
Egholm and his God|Johannes Buchholtz

Krogh

[ krôg, krôKH ]

(Schack) August Steenberg 1874-1949

Danish physiologist. He won a 1920 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the regulation of the capillaries' motor mechanism.