Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893–1986)

Born 1893 CE, died 1986 CE.

Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (Hungarian: nagyrápolti Szent-Györgyi Albert Imre; September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with first isolating vitamin C and discovering many of the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle and the molecular basis of muscle contraction.

Text from the Wikipedia article Albert_Szent-Györgyi, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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