Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi | |
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Szent-Györgyi c. 1950 | |
| Born | Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi September 16, 1893 |
| Died | October 22, 1986 (aged 93) |
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| Known for | Vitamin C, discovering the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle |
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| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1937) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1946) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1954) |
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| Fields | Physiology, biochemistry |
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| Thesis | Observations on the functions of peroxidase systems and the chemistry of the adrenal cortex (1929) |
| Doctoral advisor | Frederick Gowland Hopkins |
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Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (Hungarian: nagyrápolti Szent-Györgyi Albert Imre; September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with first isolating vitamin C and discovering many of the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle and the molecular basis of muscle contraction. He was also active in the Hungarian Resistance during World War II, and entered Hungarian politics after the war.