- Richard Kuhn
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Richard Kuhn (December 3,1900–August 1,1967) was a German biochemist, born in Vienna, Austria. . His father Richard C. Kuhn was an engineer, and his mother Angelika Rodler was a teacher.
Kuhn studied at universities in Vienna and Munich. He received his doctorate in 1922 for his dissertation "On the Specificity of Enzymes."
Richard Kuhn was 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.
He had been associated form 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.
Kuhn died in 1967 in Heidelberg, Germany. - 【Back】【Close 】【Print】【Add to favorite 】
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