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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 1950s (72) 1955 (5) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1901 (10) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Midwestern states (70) Illinois (25) Chicago (12) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1970s (66) 1978 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) New York (38) White Plains (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name S-Z (143) V (12) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) V (12) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 55 (29) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Northeastern states (122) New York (49) Ithaca (8) Cornell University (8) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Edinburgh (19) University of Edinburgh (19) Short-term academic staff (8) London (82) University College London (33) Short-term academic staff (14) North America (529) United States (521) Middle Atlantic states (178) Maryland (46) Baltimore (36) Johns Hopkins University (36) Short-term academic staff (13) Pennsylvania (56) Philadelphia (35) University of Pennsylvania (35) Short-term academic staff (15) Midwestern states (201) Illinois (131) University of Illinois (30) Urbana-Champaign (30) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (30) Alumni (11) Short-term academic staff (13) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) Ithaca (58) Cornell University (58) Long-term academic staff (18) Rochester (12) University of Rochester (12) Alumni (7) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Association for the Advancement of Science (95) American Philosophical Society (126) R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society of Edinburgh (19) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) Q-Z (398) W (157) Willard Gibbs Award (26) complete name: Vincent du Vigneaud nobel prize: chemistry award year: 1955 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955 was awarded to Vincent du Vigneaud "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Vincent family name: Vigneaud occupation: chemist occupation: biologist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: Cornell University, 300 Day Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States of America description: Vincent du Vigneaud was an American biochemist. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1955 for the isolation, structural identification, and total synthesis of the cyclic peptide, oxytocin. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1955/summary/> date birth: 1901 date death: 1978 usual name: Vincent du Vigneaud
