Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Gowland Hopkins

English biochemist

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1861

Place of Birth: Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-May-1947

Profession: physician, chemist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (20 June 1861 – 16 May 1947) was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929, with Christiaan Eijkman, for the discovery of vitamins, even though Casimir Funk, a Polish biochemist, is widely credited with discovering vitamins.
He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901.
He was President of the Royal Society from 1930 to 1935.