Casimir Funk

Casimir Funk, also known by his native name Kazimierz Funk, was a Polish biochemist and chemist born in Warsaw in 1884. A member of the Jewish people, he was educated at the University of Bern and worked as an opinion journalist. His professional field was biochemistry, and he was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Funk authored seven works, including *Die Vitamine*, *The vitamines*, *Vitamin and mineral therapy*, *Introduction a l'étude des vitamines-*, and *On the probable nature of the substance promoting growth in young animals*. He spoke Polish and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died of cancer in Albany in 1967.