took potassium iodide by the gram

Albert Szent-Györgyi

Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi at the time of his appointment to the National Institutes of Health
Born	September 16, 1893 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	October 22, 1986 (aged 93) Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	Austria-Hungary United States
Citizenship	Austro-Hungarian United States
Fields	Physiology Biochemistry
Institutions	University of Szeged University of Cambridge
Alma mater	Semmelweis University, MD University of Cambridge, PhD
Doctoral advisor	Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Known for	vitamin C, discovering the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle
Influences	Hartog Jacob Hamburger Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937
Spouse	June Susan Wichterman (1965–1968) Marcia Houston (1975–1986)
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Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (Hungarian: Nagyrápolti Szent-Györgyi Albert [ˈnɒɟraːpolti ˈsɛntˌɟørɟi ˈɒlbɛrt]; September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937.^[1] He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle. He was also active in the Hungarian Resistance during World War II and entered Hungarian politics after the war.