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Albert Szent-Gyrgyi (September 16, 1893 - October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937.
He was born in Budapest. His father, Nicolaus Szent-Gyrgyi, was a landowner. His mother, Josefine, was a daughter of Joseph Lenhossk and a sister of Michael Lenhossk; both of these men were Professors of Anatomy at the University of Budapest.
Szent-Gyrgyi's work involved the chemistry of cell respiration. He used paprika at the University of Szeged as a source of vitamin C (the L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid) and noted its anti-scorbutic activity.
In 1937, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "For his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion process with special reference to vitamin C & the catalysis of fumaric acid".
He died in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
External link
- Biography of Albert Szent-Gyrgyi (http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1937/szent-gyorgyi-bio.html) - from Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1922-1941de:Albert von Szent-Gyrgyi Nagyrapolt
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