Albert Szent-Györgyi
16 September 1893 – 22 October 1986
Albert Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian biochemist who won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries related to biological combustion, including the isolation of vitamin C and the components of the citric acid cycle. He later studied muscle contraction and, after emigrating to the United States, worked on cancer research.
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Life events
Albert Szent-Györgyi was born in Budapest into a family with a strong scientific tradition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe began medical studies at the University of Budapest, interrupted by service in World War I.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe worked at Cambridge University where he isolated a substance he called hexuronic acid, later identified as vitamin C.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe became head of medical chemistry at the University of Szeged, where he identified vitamin C in Hungarian paprika.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the 1937 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning biological combustion, especially vitamin C and fumaric acid catalysis.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe discovered actin and its role in muscle contraction together with the protein myosin.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe moved to the United States and settled at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIn his later career he focused on cancer research and the study of free radicals and electronic biology.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, at the age of 93.
Source: en.wikipedia.org