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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1920s (54) 1929 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1860s (52) 1861 (4) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) United Kingdom (101) Eastbourne (2) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1940s (35) 1947 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) United Kingdom (86) Cambridge (26) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) F (37) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) H (72) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) F (24) Frederick (6) 23. Religion 23. Religion Irreligion group (86) Agnosticism (11) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 69 (28) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) United Kingdom (64) Cambridge (19) University of Cambridge (18) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Cambridge (118) University of Cambridge (118) Long-term academic staff (44) London (82) Imperial College London (20) Alumni (4) King's College (12) Alumni (6) Short-term academic staff (5) University College London (33) Alumni (8) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Academy of Sciences of the USSR (80) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium (20) Royal Society (294) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Medal (16) C-D (404) C (272) Copley Medal (60) Croonian Lecture (32) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) Q-Z (398) R (196) Royal Medal (50) complete name: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins nobel prize: medicine award year: 1929 together with: Christiaan Eijkman prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929 was divided equally between Christiaan Eijkman "for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin" and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins "for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Frederick family name: Hopkins occupation: physician occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: King's College London, London, Southwark, United Kingdom description: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins, even though Casimir Funk, a Polish biochemist, is widely credited with discovering vitamins. He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901. He was President of the Royal Society from 1930 to 1935. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1929/summary/> date birth: 1861 date death: 1947 usual name: Frederick Hopkins
