Albert Szent-Györgyi
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Szent-Györgyi around 1948
Born(1893-09-16)September 16, 1893
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
DiedOctober 22, 1986(1986-10-22)(aged 93)
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, U.S.
CitizenshipHungarian; American
Alma mater
  • Semmelweis University (MD)
  • University of Cambridge (PhD)
Known forvitamin C, discovering the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle
Spouse(s)
  • Kornélia Demény (1917–1938)
  • Márta Borbíró (1941–1963)
  • June Susan Wichterman (1965–1968)
  • Marcia Houston (1975–1986)
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(1937)
Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh(1946)
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research(1954)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences(1956)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology, biochemistry
Institutions
  • University of Szeged
  • University of Cambridge
ThesisObservations on the functions of peroxidase systems and the chemistry of the adrenal cortex (1929)
Doctoral advisorFrederick Gowland Hopkins
InfluencesHartog Jacob Hamburger
Signature
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