Richard Kuhn
Austrian-German biochemist (1900-1967) · Austria · Scientists · Died at 66
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Something wrong?Kuhn unlocked the chemistry of color and life itself - carotenoids, the pigments that paint carrots and flamingos, and the vitamins that keep cells running. A Nobel Prize in 1938 marked the peak, though the war years complicated the honor.
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Richard Kuhn ETH-Bib Dia 248-065
15. Tagung 1965 Physiker; Maikäferrede- Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, Richard Kuhn, hinten- Sir John D. Cockcroft - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 078969
15. Tagung 1965 Physiker; Maikäferrede- Werner Heisenberg, Richard Kuhn - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 078962
16. Tagung 1966 Mediziner- G. Parade, Otto Hahn, Richard Kuhn - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 080765
Chemiker- Frau Domagk, Frau Staudinger, Otto Hahn, H. Hartmann, Th. Maunz - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 052414
Chemiker- Otto Hahn, H. Hartmann, Th. Maunz, hinten Mitte- Frau Kuhn, Richard Kuhn, ? - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 052413%2C_Otto_Hahn%2C_H._Hartmann%2C_dahinter_dritte_Reihe-_Frau_Hein_mit_Tochter_Beate%2C_Th._Maunz%2C_Frau_Maunz%2C_%3F_-_LABW_-_Staatsarchiv_Freiburg_W_134_Nr._052412.jpeg?width=1200)
Chemiker- Richard Kuhn (hinten), Otto Hahn, H. Hartmann, dahinter dritte Reihe- Frau Hein mit Tochter Beate, Th. Maunz, Frau Maunz, ? - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 052412
Chemiker; Maikäferrede- Frau Kuhn, Richard Kuhn, Frau ?, Hermann Staudinger - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 052467aAwards
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About this person
Richard Johann Kuhn was born in December 1900, trained in an Austria-Germany scientific corridor, and carved his path through biochemistry at a time when the molecular logic of nutrition was still opaque. His work on carotenoids - the compounds behind autumn leaves and egg yolks - and on vitamins earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938. He died in July 1967, decades after the field he helped crack open had become textbook canon.
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