Christiaan Eijkman
Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins.
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Date of Birth
August 11st, 1858
Age
166
Birth Place
Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Gelderland
Date of Death
November 5th, 1930
Died Aged
72
Star Sign
Leo
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