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
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on July 23, 2013
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