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Tadeusz Reichstein

Also known as Reichst., Tadeus Reichstein, Thadeus Reichstein

Polish-Swiss chemist (1897-1996)

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Tadeusz Reichstein was a scientist who lived from 1897 to 1996. He received one Nobel Prize. His work is recognized in several prestigious collections, including the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Medicine collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the Copley Medal collection.

Synthesized by Vinony from 9 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Tadeusz Reichstein appears in Vinony's Nobel Prize in Medicine collection — one of 233 entries. It also appears in Copley Medal.

Within Vinony's link graph, Tadeusz Reichstein is referenced by 360 other articles, and connects out to Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Germany and Poland.

It is catalogued under topics including 1897 births, 1996 deaths and Academic staff of ETH Zurich.

Its subject is documented across 66 Wikipedia language editions.

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1950
“for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects”
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Tadeusz
Gender: male
Citizenship: Poland
Place of birth: Włocławek
Place of death: Basel
Occupation: botanical collector
Educated at: ETH Zurich
Employer: University of Basel
Languages spoken: Polish
Doctoral advisor: Hermann Staudinger
Image: Thadeus Reichstein ETH-Bib Portr 10137.jpg
Residence: Jena

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P6944: Tadeusz Reichstein
Commons category: Tadeus Reichstein
date of birth: 1897-07-08
date of death: 1996-08-01
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
name in native language: Tadeusz Reichstein
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
interested in: biochemistry
municipal affiliation of a Swiss national: Zurich

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Encyclopedic overview

Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996), also known as Tadeus Reichstein, was a Polish-Swiss chemist and a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone.

Early life

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