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Albert Szent-Györgyi
Biochemist

Albert Szent-Györgyi

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Identifying vitamin C and investigating biological oxidation.

Vitamin C · Actin and myosin

Born
16 September 1893
Birthplace
Budapest
Died
22 October 1986

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Albert Szent-Györgyi

Albert Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian biochemist whose work connected nutrition, cellular chemistry and muscle contraction.

Early life

Training

Studied medicine in Budapest, completing his degree in 1917, before pursuing laboratory research abroad.

Career

  1. 1930

    Szeged

    Began research at the University of Szeged.

  2. 1937

    Nobel Prize

    Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

  3. 1947

    United States

    Established a muscle-research laboratory at Woods Hole.

Contributions

Vitamin C

Worked with Joseph Svirbely to establish the vitamin activity of hexuronic acid.

Actin and myosin

Investigated the proteins involved in muscular contraction.

Beyond research

Recreation

Enjoyed sailing and mountaineering.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Additional biographical source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: FOTO:Fortepan — ID 74535: Adományozó/Donor: Semmelweis Egyetem Levéltára. archive copy at the Wayback Machine. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.