Albert Szent-Györgyi

Albert Szent-Györgyi
Albert Szent-Györgyi
	Szent-Györgyi c. 1948
Born	Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi; September 16, 1893; Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died	October 22, 1986 (aged 93); Woods Hole, Massachusetts, U.S.
Citizenship	Hungary; U.S.;
Alma mater	Semmelweis University (MD); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	Vitamin C, discovering the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle
Spouses	Kornélia Demény (1917–1938); Márta Borbíró (1941–1963); June Susan Wichterman (1965–1968); Marcia Houston (1975–1986);
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1937); Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1946); Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1954); Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1956)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physiology, biochemistry
Institutions	University of Szeged; University of Cambridge; Marine Biological Laboratory;
Thesis	Observations on the functions of peroxidase systems and the chemistry of the adrenal cortex (1929)
Doctoral advisor	Frederick Gowland Hopkins
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Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (Hungarian: nagyrápolti Szent-Györgyi Albert Imre; September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with first isolating vitamin C and discovering many of the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle and the molecular basis of muscle contraction. He was also active in the Hungarian Resistance during World War II, and entered Hungarian politics after the war.

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