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Christiaan Eijkman
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Dutch physician (1858–1930)
Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician who lived from 1858 to 1930 and conducted important research on nutrition and disease. His work helped establish the connection between diet and health, contributing to the modern understanding of vitamins and their role in preventing diseases like beriberi.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1929
“for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin”
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christiaan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of death
- Utrecht
- Occupation
- physiologist
- Educated at
- Pasteur Institute
- Employer
- Utrecht University
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Award
- John Scott Award
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- physiology
- Image
- Christiaan Eijkman.jpg
- Residence
- Gelderland
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- Christiaan Eijkman
- date of birth
- 1858-08-11
- date of death
- 1930-11-05
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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- name in native language
- Christiaan Eijkman
- interested in
- hygiene
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Encyclopedic overview
Christiaan Eijkman ( UK: /ˈeɪkmən, ˈaɪkmən/ AYK-mən, EYEK-mən, US: /-mɑːn/ -mahn, Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɛikmɑn]; 11 August 1858 – 5 November 1930) was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins.
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