Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM PRS[1] (20 Juin 1861 – 16 Mey 1947) wis an Inglis biochemist wha wis awairdit the Nobel Prize in Pheesiology or Medicine in 1929, wi Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery o vitamins, even tho Casimir Funk, a Pols biochemist, is widely creditit wi discoverin vitamins. He an aa discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901. He wis Preses o the Ryal Society frae 1930 tae 1935.
 Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins | |
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| Born | 20 Juin 1861 Eastbourne, Sussex, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick |
| Dee'd | 16 Mey 1947 (aged 85) Cambridge, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick |
| Naitionality | Inglis |
| Alma mater | King's College London Guy's Hospital |
| Kent for | Vitamins, tryptophan, glutathione |
| Awairds | Nobel Prize (1929) Ryal Medal (1918) Copley Medal (1926) Albert Medal (1934) Order o Meerit (1935) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Varsity o Cambridge |
| Academic advisors | Thomas Stevenson |
| Doctoral students | Judah Hirsch Quastel Malcolm Dixon |
| Ither notable students | J.B.S. Haldane |
References
eedit- ↑ Dale, H. H. (1948). "Frederick Gowland Hopkins. 1861–1947". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6 (17): 115–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1948.0022.