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Vincent Du Vigneaud

American biochemist (1901–1978).

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Occupation

Biologist
Biochemist
University Teacher
Chemist

Place of Birth

Chicago

Place of Death

White Plains

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Death

12/11/1978

Date of Birth

5/18/1901

Instance Of

Human

Award Received

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
(1948)
Point in Time
: 1948
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1955)
Award Rationale
: för hans arbeten över biokemiskt betydelsefulla svavelföreningar, särskilt för den första syntesen av ett polypeptidhormon
Award Rationale
: for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone
Point in Time
: 1955
Prize Money
: 190,214 Swedish krona
Willard Gibbs Award
(1956)
Point in Time
: 1956
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
John Scott Award
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
William H. Nichols Medal
(1945)
Point in Time
: 1945
Remsen Award
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954

Educated At

University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Carl Schurz High School

Given Name

Vincent

Employer

Cornell University
University of Edinburgh
Kaiser Wilhelm Society
George Washington University
Washington University in St. Louis

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Society of Edinburgh
American Philosophical Society
(1944 - )
Start Time
: 1944
American Association for the Advancement of Science
National Academy of Sciences

Nominated For

16 items
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1944)
Point in Time
: 1944
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1945)
Point in Time
: 1945
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1947)
Point in Time
: 1947
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1948)
Point in Time
: 1948
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1949)
Point in Time
: 1949
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1950)
Point in Time
: 1950
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1951)
Point in Time
: 1951
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1955)
Point in Time
: 1955
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1956)
Point in Time
: 1956
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(1943)
Point in Time
: 1943
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(1948)
Point in Time
: 1948
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(1949)
Point in Time
: 1949
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(1950)
Point in Time
: 1950
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(1951)
Point in Time
: 1951

Field of Work

Biochemistry

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Name in Native Language

Vincent du Vigneaud

Sex or Gender

Male

Interested In

Biochemistry

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English
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