Christiaan Eijkman

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Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and Nobel Prize–winning physiologist whose work on beriberi helped establish the concept of vitamins as essential dietary factors.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
human
physician
physiologist
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
surface form: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929
burialPlace Zorgvlied Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1858-08-11
dateOfDeath 1930-11-05
educatedAt Royal Military Medical Academy in Utrecht
employer Utrecht University
surface form: University of Utrecht
ethnicGroup Dutch
familyName Eijkman
fieldOfWork medicine
nutrition science
physiology
givenName Christiaan
hasCauseOfDeath heart disease
influenced development of vitamin B1 (thiamine) concept
modern nutritional science
knownFor demonstrating that polished rice diet causes beriberi in chickens
discovery of dietary factors preventing beriberi
early work leading to the concept of vitamins
research on beriberi
showing that unpolished rice prevents beriberi
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
memberOf Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
nativeLanguage Dutch
nobelPrizeMotivation for the discovery of the antineuritic vitamin
notableIdea vitamins as essential dietary factors
notableStudent Gerrit Grijns
occupation medical researcher
university teacher
placeOfBirth Netherlands
Nijkerk
placeOfDeath Netherlands
Utrecht
positionHeld professor of hygiene at Utrecht University
researchSubject beriberi
nutrition-related diseases
vitamins
sexOrGender male
sharesAwardWith Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
workLocation Batavia
Dutch East Indies

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Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins coRecipientWith Christiaan Eijkman
subject surface form: Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Utrecht University hasNotableAlumnus Christiaan Eijkman
Utrecht University hasNotableFaculty Christiaan Eijkman
Eijkman usedBy Christiaan Eijkman
Zorgvlied Cemetery burialPlaceOf Christiaan Eijkman