Richard Kuhn

Richard Kuhn, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1900-12-03 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

Gender: male

Field: Austrian-German biochemist (1900–1967)

Biography

Richard Johann Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins".

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939

Awarded on: 1939-11-09

"for his work on carotenoids and vitamins"

Affiliations:

  • Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck Institut) für Medizinische ForschungHeidelberg, Germany
  • University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany