Christiaan Eijkman
Dutch physician
Christiaan Eijkman (August 11, 1858 - November 5, 1930) was a Dutch doctor.[1] He won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Sir Frederick Hopkins, for the discovery of vitamins
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Born | August 11, 1858 Nijkerk, Netherlands |
Died | November 5, 1930 Utrecht, Netherlands |
Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1929) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Tropical diseases |
References
change- ↑ "Biography of Christiaan Eijkman". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-06-26.