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Philip Showalter Hench

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Philip Showalter Hench
Full Name
of the recipient		Philip Showalter Hench
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1950
Share in Award33.3%
Award Shared withEdward Calvin Kendall (33.3%)
Tadeus Reichstein (33.3%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Place of BirthPittsburgh, PA, United States USA
Date of Birth28 February 1896
Age
at the time of Award		53 years
Place of DeathOcho Rios, Jamaica JAM
Date of Death30 March 1965
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