Richard Kuhn

Richard Kuhn (December 3,1900 in Vienna, Austria; ? August 1,1967 in Heidelberg, Germany) was an Austrian-German biochemist and Nobel Prize winner.

Scientific work and Nobel Prize

Kuhn's areas of study included: carotenoids, stereochemistry, vitamins, and enzymes. He was the first to isolate a B vitamin.

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Stereochemistry - Vitamins - Enzymes

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He was subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 for his work in carotenoids and vitamins, but was unable to accept the award until after World War II.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry - 1938 - World War II

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He had been associated for many years with the Max Planck Institut, and had also been associated with the University of Heidelberg and the University of Pennsylvania. He was editor of Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie from 1948.

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Max Planck Institut - University of Heidelberg - University of Pennsylvania - Justus Liebig - 1948

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Kuhn died in 1967 in Heidelberg, Germany.

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Heidelberg - Germany

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