Kuhn, Richard Johann#

b. Vienna, Dec. 3, 1900, d. Heidelberg (Germany), July 31, 1967, chemist, Nobel Laureate. University professor in Zurich (1926) and Heidelberg (1928), 1937 Head of the M. Planck Institute. 1938 awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his pioneering research on vitamins and carotinoids, but had to renounce it under Nazi pressure (finally received in 1948). Later also research on the chemistry of sex hormones, pheromones etc. as well as the vitamin B group; was the first to prove the connection between vitamins and ferments. Numerous international awards, honorary member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

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