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| Frederick Gowland Hopkins | |
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| Born | June 20, 1861 Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
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| Died | May 16, 1947 (aged 85) Cambridge, England |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas Stevenson |
| Doctoral students | J.B.S. Haldane Judah Hirsch Quastel Malcolm Dixon |
| Known for | vitamins, tryptophan |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize (1929) |
| Religious stance | Agnostic [1] |
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM FRS (June 20, 1861 Eastbourne, Sussex - May 16, 1947 Cambridge) was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901. He was President of the Royal Society from 1930-1935.
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Hopkins was educated at the City of London School completing his further study with the University of London External Programme and the medical school at Guy's Hospital.[2] He then taught physiology and toxicology at Guy's Hospital from 1894 to 1898, and became Professor of Biochemistry at Cambridge University in 1914, where his students included neurochemistry pioneer Judah Hirsch Quastel.
He was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Christiaan Eijkman) for his discovery that certain trace substances -- now known as vitamins -- are essential for the maintenance of good health. He also discovered that muscle contraction can lead to the accumulation of lactic acid.
Hopkins was knighted in 1925. He is the father of the archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes (and hence the father-in-law of the writer J. B. Priestley) and also the cousin of Gerald Manley Hopkins. Although he had no formal doctoral advisor, his equivalent mentor was Thomas Stevenson.
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| NAME | Hopkins, Frederick |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | English Biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1947 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Cambridge, England |
