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Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland

Syllabification: (Hop·kins, Sir Frederick Gowland)
Pronunciation: /ˈhäpkənz/

Definition of Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland
  • (1861–1947), English biochemist. He carried out pioneering work on “accessory food factors” essential to the diet, later called vitamins. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1929), shared with Christiaan Eijkman.

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