Albert Szent-Györgyi

Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi
	Szent-Györgyi c. 1950
Born	Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi; September 16, 1893; Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died	October 22, 1986 (aged 93); Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US
Citizenship	Hungary; US;
Education	Semmelweis University (MD); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	Vitamin C, discovering the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle
Spouses	Kornélia Demény (1917–1938); Márta Borbíró (1941–1963); June Susan Wichterman (1965–1968); Marcia Houston (1975–1986);
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1937); Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1946); Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1954)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physiology, biochemistry
Institutions	University of Szeged; University of Cambridge; Marine Biological Laboratory;
Thesis	Observations on the functions of peroxidase systems and the chemistry of the adrenal cortex (1929)
Doctoral advisor	Frederick Gowland Hopkins
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Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (Hungarian: nagyrápolti Szent-Györgyi Albert Imre; September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with first isolating vitamin C and discovering many of the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle and the molecular basis of muscle contraction.