Albert Szent-Györgyi

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biochemist human physiologist

Albert Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian physiologist who won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries related to vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle.

Aliases (2)

Albert von Szent-Györgyi ×1
Szent-Györgyi ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biochemist → human → physiologist →
awardReceived	Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine →
causeOfDeath	kidney failure →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	Hungary →
dateOfBirth	1893-09-16 →
dateOfDeath	1986-10-22 →
educatedAt	Semmelweis University → University of Budapest → University of Groningen →
employer	Marine Biological Laboratory → University of Budapest → University of Szeged →
familyName	Szent-Györgyi →
fieldOfWork	biochemistry → physiology →
givenName	Albert →
hasAcademicAdvisor	Albert von Szent-Györgyi →
influencedBy	Otto Warburg →
knownFor	citric acid cycle → muscle physiology → vitamin C →
languageSpoken	English → German → Hungarian →
memberOf	Hungarian Academy of Sciences → National Academy of Sciences of the United States →
militaryService	Austro-Hungarian Army →
movement	anti-fascism →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physiology or Medicine →
NobelPrizeYear	1937 →
notableWork	isolation of vitamin C → research on actin and myosin in muscle contraction → research on fumaric acid and the citric acid cycle →
placeOfBirth	Budapest →
placeOfDeath	Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	director of the Institute of Medical Chemistry at the University of Szeged → professor →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Budapest → Szeged → Woods Hole, Massachusetts →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Cornelia Demény → Marcia Houston → Márta Borbíró → Szent-Györgyi Ilona →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Szent-Györgyi ("Szent-Györgyi") →	familyName
Albert Szent-Györgyi ("Albert von Szent-Györgyi") →	hasAcademicAdvisor
Frederick Gowland Hopkins →	notableStudent