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Frederick Gowland Hopkins. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM FRS [3] (20 June 1861 – 16 May 1947) 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.
Mar 13, 2024 · Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (born June 20, 1861, Eastbourne, East Sussex, Eng.—died May 16, 1947, Cambridge) was a British biochemist, who received (with Christiaan Eijkman) the 1929 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovery of essential nutrient factors—now known as vitamins—needed in animal diets to maintain health.
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First Professor of Biochemistry at Cambridge, elected 1914. Coming to Cambridge in 1898, Hopkins founded the subject of biological chemistry and became the first Cambridge Professor of Biochemistry in 1914. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins, sharing it with Christiaan Eijkman who discovered the ...
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Jun 20, 2021 · June 2021 0 Tabea Tietz. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861-1947) On June 20, 1861, English biochemist and Nobel Laureate Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was born. He is best known for the discovery of essential nutrient factors, now known as vitamins, needed in animal diets to maintain health. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901.
Frederick Gowland Hopkins was born on 20 June 1861 in the seaside town of Eastbourne, England. His father, Frederick Hopkins, was a bookseller in Bishopsgate Street and had a keen interest in science. His mother was Elizabeth Stafford (neé Gowland). Frederick’s father died when Frederick was an infant and he moved, in 1871, with his mother ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland (1861–1947) British biochemist; discovered the amino acid tryptophan (1902, jointly with S. W. Cole), and later its essentiality; ‘accessory food factors’ (later named vitamins) 1906. Also discovered glutathione, and xanthine oxidase, the enzyme responsible for uric acid formation; Nobel Prize 1929. Sir ...
Frederick Gowland Hopkins. 1861-1947. English Biochemist. F rederick Gowland Hopkins won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for his research on the chemistry of nutrition. Hopkins proved that, even if a diet was adequate in terms of total calories and protein content, small quantities of specific "accessory factors" were ...
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