Frederick Gowland Hopkins Scientist

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM FRS (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.

Personal facts

Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Birth dateJune 20, 1861
Birth place
England , Sussex , Eastbourne
Nationality
United Kingdom
Date of deathMay 16, 1947
Place of death
Cambridgeshire , England , Cambridge
Education
Guy's Hospital
King's College London
Known for
Tryptophan
Vitamin
Glutathione

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Scientist

academic advisor
awards
Order of Merit
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Copley Medal
Royal Medal
doctoral student
Field of study
Biochemistry
notable student

Topical connections

Albert Prince ConsortRoyalty
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Aaron KlugScientist
Élie MetchnikoffScientist
Alexander R. Todd Baron ToddScientist
Alexander CharlwoodCricketer

Frederick Gowland Hopkins on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0012%2FMS%20Add.7620
  2. http://nobelmedicine.co.uk/frederickgowlandhopkins.htm
  3. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1929/hopkins-bio.html
  4. http://www.imagery-imagination.com/hopkins.htm
  5. http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mainzv/Web_Genealogy/h-list.htm