Technikatörténeti szemle 22. (1996)

Papers from the Second International Conference on the History of Chemistry and Chemical Industry (Eger, Hungary, 16–19 August, 1995) - Hannus, István: Albert Szent-Györgyi in the New York Times

A potted biography of Albert Szent-Györgyi As Table 1 shows, he was born in 1893 in Budapest. His medical studies, started in 1911, were interrupted by World War I, during which he served in the Ukraine. He was wounded and invalided to Budapest. During his convalescence, he completed his medical studies, and was awarded his diploma in 1917. In the same year, he married. The and of the war saw him again at the front, this time in Italy. Table 1 Biographical details on Albert Szent-Györgyi 1893 born in Budapest 1911- medical studies in Budapest 1914- military service in World War I 1917 medical graduation, marriage 1918-1920 work in Pozsony, Budapest, Prague and Berlin 1921- 1922 Hamburg 1922- 1923 Leiden 1923- 1926 Groningen, resolved dispute of Warburg and Wieland on biological combustion 1926-1930 Cambridge, hexuronic acid (later ascorbic acid ' vitamin C) PhD in chemistry 1930 professor in Szeged 1931 vitamin C from paprika 1937 Nobel Prize 1939 muscle research 1942 activity against Nazis 1944 avoided Gestapo, lived incognito in Budapest 1945 professor in Budapest 1946-1947 social activity 1948 move to USA director of Laboratory of Institute for Muscle Research, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 1955 American citizenship 1960- thymus gland research, cancer research 1970- against Vietnam War 1973 visit to Hungary after 26 years, opening ceremony of Biological Research Center in Szeged 1986 died in Woods Hole