An English biochemist who published in 1912 in the Journal of Physiology that rats fed a diet of pure proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and water stopped growing, and that growth resumed once a small quantity of milk was added back, concluding that food contains unidentified accessory factors the body needs in minute amounts. He shared the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Christiaan Eijkman.
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He shared the 1929 Nobel Prize for the discovery of vitamins and discovered tryptophan.
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan in 1901, and he was President of the Royal Society from 1930 to 1935.
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Shared the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for related work identifying vitamins and deficiency diseases.
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June 20, 1861
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May 16, 1947
- Discoveries: Discovery of Vitamins and Deficiency Diseases
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Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (20 June 1861-16 May 1947) was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins.
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