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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Full Name of the recipient | Artturi Ilmari Virtanen |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1945 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
Place of Birth | Helsinki, Russian Empire (now known as Finland FIN) |
Date of Birth | 15 January 1895 |
Age at the time of Award | 49 years |
Place of Death | Helsinki, Finland FIN |
Date of Death | 11 November 1973 |