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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 1930s (56) 1937 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1890s (65) 1893 (3) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, eastern (65) Hungary (10) Budapest (8) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1980s (66) 1986 (9) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) Massachusetts (29) Woods Hole (3) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) A (79) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) A (39) Albert (9) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 45 (15) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Europe (33) Europe, eastern (13) Hungary (13) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, eastern (21) Hungary (8) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, eastern (2) Hungary (1) Szeged (1) University of Szeged (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) Netherlands (31) Leiden (16) Leiden University (16) Short-term academic staff (5) United Kingdom (235) Cambridge (118) University of Cambridge (118) Alumni (69) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) H (88) Hungarian Academy of Sciences (61) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) R-T (460) R (448) Russian Academy of Sciences (144) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) August Wilhelm von Hofmann Medal (12) C-D (404) C (272) Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh (2) G-H (389) H (196) Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (9) complete name: Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt nobel prize: medicine award year: 1937 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937 was awarded to Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt "for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Albert family name: Nagyrápolt occupation: physician occupation: politician occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands description: Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt was a Hungarian American physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle. He was also active in the Hungarian Resistance during World War II and entered Hungarian politics after the war. pronunciation: (Hungarian: nagyrápolti Szent-Györgyi Albert, pronounced [ˈnɒɟraːpolti ˈsɛnɟørɟi ˈɒlbɛrt]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1937/summary/> date birth: 1893 date death: 1986 usual name: Albert Nagyrápolt
