Barend Coenraad Petrus Jansen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Barend Coenraad Petrus Jansen

Dutch biochemist

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1884

Place of Birth: Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands

Date of Death: 18-Oct-1962

Profession: chemist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

B.
C.
P.
Jansen (1 April 1884, Zwolle – 18 October 1962) was a Dutch chemist and biochemist.
In the Dutch Indies, with his colleague W.
F.
Donath, he isolated in crystalline form an anti-beriberi factor (known as vitamine B1 or aneurin) from rice polishings and named it thiamine (sulfur-containing amine).
It was the first vitamine to be obtained in pure form.