Frederick Gowland Hopkins is considered the founder of British biochemistry. A pioneer in the study and application of what he called accessory food factors and what we call vitamins, he made important contributions to the study of uric acid , isolated...

The English biochemist Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861-1947) was the first to recognize the necessity for "accessory factors" in the diet, thereby initiating important work in vitamin research. On June 20, 1861, F. Gowland Hopkins was born in...

Frederick Hopkins is considered the founder of British biochemistry. A pioneer in the study and application of what he called accessory food factors (vitamins), he made important contributions to the study of uric acid, isolated tryptophan (a necessary...

1861-1947 English Biochemist Frederick Gowland Hopkins won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for his research on the chemistry of nutrition. Hopkins proved that, even if a diet was adequate in terms of total calories and protein...

1861-1947 English biochemist who shared the 1929 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Christiaan Eijkman for discovering the "accessory factors" that are needed for growth and health. These essential dietary factors are now known...

MOVIE NOTES Hopkins, Baldwin to dance with the 'Devil' From Journal Sentinel wire reports Sunday, October 8, 2000 Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin will star in a contemporary retelling of the classic tale "The Devil and Daniel Webster." Baldwin will...

GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Wednesday, December 8th, 1875. A soft confetti of snowflakes was fluttering down upon Wales. The higher windowpanes were gardens of frost. His right hand still twined a rosary, its anesthetic routine of prayers his midnight defense against sleeplessness. Lying in...