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Vincent du Vigneaud
Full Name of the recipient | Vincent du Vigneaud |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
Year of Award | 1955 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA |
Place of Birth | Chicago, IL, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 18 May 1901 |
Age at the time of Award | 53 years |
Place of Death | White Plains, NY, United States USA |
Date of Death | 11 December 1978 |