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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 1850s (38) 1858 (5) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) Netherlands (18) Nijkerk (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1930s (37) 1930 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) Netherlands (9) Utrecht (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) C (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) E (23) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 72 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (70) Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners (69) Physicians (65) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) Netherlands (19) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) Netherlands (10) Utrecht (2) Utrecht University (2) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) Netherlands (31) Amsterdam (9) University of Amsterdam (9) Alumni (3) Utrecht (14) University of Utrecht (14) Long-term academic staff (6) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (64) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards I-J (268) J (208) John Scott Medal (11) complete name: Christiaan Eijkman nobel prize: medicine award year: 1929 together with: Frederick Hopkins 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: Christiaan family name: Eijkman occupation: physician occupation: professor occupation: biochemist field of work: pathology work location: Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands description: 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. pronunciation: (Dutch: [ˈkrɪstijaːn ˈɛi̯kmɑn]) 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: 1858 date death: 1930 usual name: Christiaan Eijkman
