Peter D. Mitchell
| Peter Mitchell | |
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| Born | Peter Dennis Mitchell 29 September 1920 | 
| Died | 10 April 1992 (aged 71) | 
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD) | 
| Known for | Discovery of the mechanism of ATP synthesis (chemiosmosis) | 
| Relatives | Godfrey Mitchell (uncle) | 
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| Fields | Biochemistry | 
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| Thesis | The rates of synthesis and proportions by weight of the nucleic acid components of a Micrococcus during growth in normal and in penicillin containing media with reference to the bactericidal action of penicillin (1950) | 
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Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS (29 September 1920 – 10 April 1992) was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis.