Christiaan Eijkman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christiaan Eijkman

Dutch physician

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1858

Place of Birth: Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 05-Nov-1930

Profession: physician, professor, university teacher, physiologist, biochemist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Christiaan Eijkman (UK: AYK-m?n, YKE-m?n, US: -?mahn, Dutch: ['kr?stija?n '?ikm?n]; 11 August 1858 – 5 November 1930) was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine).
Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins.