Frederick Gowland Hopkins

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1861 – 1947

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Who was Frederick Gowland Hopkins?

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM FRS was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901. He was President of the Royal Society from 1930 to 1935.

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Born
Jun 20, 1861
Eastbourne
Also known as
  • Sir Frederick Hopkins
Children
Religion
  • Agnosticism
Nationality
  • England
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • University of London
  • King's College London
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Guy's Hospital
  • Imperial College London
Employment
  • University of Cambridge
Lived in
  • England
Died
May 16, 1947
Cambridge

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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