Szent-Györgyi, Albert, 1893-1986

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Dates:
Birth 1893-09-16
Death 1986-10-22
Hungarians,
English, Hungarian,

Biographical notes:

Biologist.

From the description of Reminiscences of Albert Szent-Gyorgyi : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147561

Hungarian-born biochemist. Winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology for the isolation and synthesis of vitamin C. Emigrated to the United States in 1947.

From the description of Albert Szent-Györgyi papers, 1908-1986 (bulk 1947-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981945

Dr. Szent-Györgyi received the Nobel Prize in 1937 for his work on the isolation of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).

From the description of Albert Szent-Györgyi [sound recording] : an oral history / interviewed by Harlan B. Phillips, June 17-22 and Sept. 10-13, 1967. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 49322576

Biographical Note

1893, Sept. 16 Born, Budapest, Hungary 1917 M.D., University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary Married Cornelia Demeny (divorced 1941) 1919 Researcher, Pharmacology Institute, Elizabeth University, Pozsony, Hungary, and studies in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and Berlin, Germany 1920 Institute for Tropical Hygiene, Hamburg, Germany 1921 1922 Researcher, Pharmacology Institute, University of Leiden, Leiden, Holland 1922 1926 Assistant to the professor of physiology, Laboratory of Physiology, University of Groningen, Gronigen, Holland 1927 Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England 1927 1930 Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, Biochemical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England 1930 Researcher, Division of Chemistry, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn. 1931 1945 Professor of Medical Chemistry, Institute of Medical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary 1937 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology for isolation and synthesis of vitamin C 1941 Married Marta Borbiro (died 1963) 1945 1947 Institute of Biochemistry, University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary 1947 Emigrated to the United States 1947 1973 Director of Research, Institute for Muscle Research, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 1954 Lasker Award, American Heart Association 1973 1986 Scientific Director, National Foundation for Cancer Research, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 1980 Award of the International Society for Quantum Chemistry 1986, Oct. 22 Died, Woods Hole, Mass.

From the guide to the Albert Szent-Györgyi Papers, 1908-1986, (bulk 1947-1986), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Education
  • Education
  • Ascorbic Acid
  • Ascorbic Acid
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological laboratories
  • Biological laboratories
  • Biologists
  • Cancer
  • Medicine
  • Muscle contraction
  • Muscles
  • Nobel Prizes
  • Physiology
  • Research
  • Research
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Vitamin C

Occupations:

  • Biochemists
  • Lyricists

Places:

  • Massachusetts--Woods Hole (as recorded)

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