The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929
Awarded on: 1929-10-31
"for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin"
Affiliations:
- Utrecht University – Utrecht, the Netherlands
Christiaan Eijkman
Born: 1858-08-11 in Nijkerk, the Netherlands
Gender: male
Field: Dutch physician (1858–1930)
Biography
Christiaan Eijkman 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.