Albert Szent-Györgyi

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Albert Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian physiologist who won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries related to vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle.

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instanceOf biochemist
human
physiologist
awardReceived Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
causeOfDeath kidney failure
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship Hungary
dateOfBirth 1893-09-16
dateOfDeath 1986-10-22
educatedAt Semmelweis University
University of Budapest
University of Groningen
employer Marine Biological Laboratory
University of Budapest
University of Szeged
familyName Szent-Györgyi
fieldOfWork biochemistry
physiology
givenName Albert
hasAcademicAdvisor Albert von Szent-Györgyi
influencedBy Otto Warburg
knownFor citric acid cycle
muscle physiology
vitamin C
languageSpoken English
German
Hungarian
memberOf Hungarian Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences of the United States
militaryService Austro-Hungarian Army
movement anti-fascism
NobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine
NobelPrizeYear 1937
notableWork isolation of vitamin C
research on actin and myosin in muscle contraction
research on fumaric acid and the citric acid cycle
placeOfBirth Budapest
placeOfDeath Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld director of the Institute of Medical Chemistry at the University of Szeged
professor
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Budapest
Szeged
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
sexOrGender male
spouse Cornelia Demény
Marcia Houston
linked to: Tamara Houston

Márta Borbíró
Szent-Györgyi Ilona

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Frederick Gowland Hopkins notableStudent Albert Szent-Györgyi
subject linked to: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Albert Szent-Györgyi familyName Szent-Györgyi
linked to: Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi hasAcademicAdvisor Albert von Szent-Györgyi
linked to: Albert Szent-Györgyi
University of Szeged hasNotableAlumni Albert Szent-Györgyi
Cornelia Demény spouse Albert Szent-Györgyi
Márta Borbíró spouse Albert Szent-Györgyi
Szent-Györgyi Ilona spouse Albert Szent-Györgyi