Peter D. Mitchell

British biochemist (1920-1992) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 71

Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis.

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1992Died10 April 19921987Croonian Medal and LectureAward1981Copley MedalAward1978Nobel Prize in ChemistryAwardSir Hans Krebs MedalAward1976Feldberg Foundation PrizeAwardRosenstiel AwardAward1973Portland Press Excellence in Science AwardAward1920Born29 September 1920

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