biography
pronunciation:
[koon]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1900–67)
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| biography:
| Biochemist, born in Vienna, Austria. He studied at Munich, was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, and became professor at Heidelberg University from 1929. He was noted for his work on the structure and synthesis of vitamins A and B2, and on carotinoids. He was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, but was forbidden to accept it by the Nazi government (he received the prize after World War 2). |
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