Jan Ingenhousz: Quick Facts

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Born	December 8, 1730 • Breda • Netherlands
Died	September 7, 1799 (aged 68) • England
Notable Works	“Experiments Upon Vegetables, Discovering Their Great Power of Purifying the Common Air in Sunshine, and of Injuring It in the Shade and at Night”
Subjects Of Study	photosynthesis • smallpox • thermal conduction • variolation

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Edward Jenner

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Sir Hans Adolf Krebs

Sir Hans Adolf Krebs

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Martin Evans

Martin Evans

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Sir John Robert Vane

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Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

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William Prout

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Sir Ernst Boris Chain seated in a suit, looking toward the camera with hands clasped in his lap.

Sir Ernst Boris Chain

British biochemist

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Rodney Robert Porter

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Carl Cori

American biochemist

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Gerty Cori

American biochemist

Melvin Calvin

Melvin Calvin

American biochemist

English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.

Jack W. Szostak

English-born American biochemist and geneticist

Elizabeth Blackburn

Elizabeth Blackburn

American molecular biologist and biochemist

Nirenberg, Marshall Warren

Marshall Warren Nirenberg

American biochemist

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Peter Hegemann

German biochemist and biophysicist

Rothman, James E.

James E. Rothman

American biochemist and cell biologist

Gerald Maurice Edelman

Gerald Maurice Edelman

American physical chemist

George Wells Beadle.

George Wells Beadle

American geneticist