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Richard Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist who lived from 1900 to 1967 and made significant contributions to understanding the chemistry of life processes. His work was important enough to be recognized with major scientific honors during his lifetime.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1938
“for his work on carotenoids and vitamins”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Kuhn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- West Germany
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Heidelberg
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Employer
- ETH Zurich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Richard Willstätter
- Student of
- Richard Willstätter
- Field of work
- chemistry
- Image
- Richard Kuhn ETH-Bib Dia 248-065.jpg
- Work location
- Heidelberg
- Residence
- Germany
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- Richard Kuhn
- date of birth
- 1900-12-03
- date of death
- 1967-07-31
- member of
- Japan Academy
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- name in native language
- Richard Kuhn
- birth name
- Richard Johann Kuhn
- described at URL
- library.ethz.ch/en/locations-and-media/platforms/short-portraits/richard-kuhn-1900-1967.html
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- Bofors scandal
- interested in
- biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Johann Kuhn ( German pronunciation: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈkuːn] ; 3 December 1900 – 31 July 1967) was an Austrian-German biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins".
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