Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate
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Died
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Scientists & Innovators
Country
United Kingdom
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Contributed significantly to the field of biochemistry through discoveries relating to vitamins and their role in nutrition. Conducted pioneering research on the biochemical processes of living organisms. Served as a professor at the University of Cambridge for many years. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929 alongside Christiaan Eijkman for work on the role of vitamins in metabolism.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929
Pioneered research on vitamins and nutrition
Served as a professor at the University of Cambridge
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