Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM PRS (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. He was President of the Royal Society from 1930 to 1935.
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20 June 1861 Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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Died |
16 May 1947 (aged 85)
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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