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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1930s (56) 1938 (5) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1900 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, central (101) Austria (17) Vienna (14) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1960s (49) 1967 (7) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, central (62) Germany (56) Heidelberg (6) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) R (80) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) K (52) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) R (59) Richard (15) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 30 - 39 (40) 39 (10) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, central (117) Austria (19) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, central (70) Germany (64) Heidelberg (7) University of Heidelberg (7) Max Planck Society (22) Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine (3) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Austria (24) Vienna (20) University of Vienna (20) Alumni (14) Germany (154) Heidelberg (27) University of Heidelberg (27) Long-term academic staff (10) Munich (51) University of Munich (42) Alumni (28) Europe, western (390) Switzerland (65) Zurich (49) ETH Zurich (32) Long-term academic staff (9) North America (529) United States (521) Middle Atlantic states (178) Pennsylvania (56) Philadelphia (35) University of Pennsylvania (35) Short-term academic staff (15) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Europe (60) Europe, central (2) Austria (2) Vienna (2) Döblinger Gymnasium (2) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) B (102) Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (67) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences at Berlin (32) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) H (88) Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities (28) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (54) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal (7) Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (3) C-D (404) C (272) Centenary Prize (31) City of Vienna Prize for science (3) Cothenius Medal (11) D (194) doctor honoris causa (31) E-F (439) E (135) Emil-von-Behring-Prize (5) G-H (389) G (254) Goethe Prize (7) O-P (364) P (242) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (21) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (65) Q-Z (398) W (157) Wilhelm Exner Medal (19) complete name: Richard Johann Kuhn nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1938 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1938 was awarded to Richard Kuhn "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Richard Johann Kuhn given name: Richard family name: Kuhn occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany description: Richard Johann Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist and Nobel laureate. image copyright: Photo supplied by archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Geschellschaft, Berlin-Dahlem image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1938. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1938/summary/> date birth: 1900 date death: 1967 usual name: Richard Kuhn